JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/1743-1811)
Lot 114

JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/1743-1811)

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 8,125

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/1743-1811)
Nellie Garnett, in pink dress, wearing a gold pendant suspended from black ribbon, embroidered gauze veil in her upswept blonde hair
signed with initials and dated 'JS / 1770' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 1½ in. (39 mm.) high, gold frame with rose-cut diamond border, engraved on the reverse 'Portrait of Nelly Garnett, a celebrated beauty in the Reign of George III by John Smart'

The Trustees of the Hursley Settlement; Christie's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 116.
Christie's, London, 23 October 1989, lot 126.