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John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Lot 188

John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

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John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, née Mackay, in blue dress
Signed with intials and dated 'JS / 1787 / I' for India (lower left)
On ivory


Oval, 57 mm. high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse set with nine locks of hair of differing colour, eight of which are set with gold initials

A. P. Cunliffe Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1945, lot 30 (as 'called Lady Cornwallis', £125 to Robert H. Rockliff).
Robert H. Rockliff of Compton Grange, Eastbourne; Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1947, lot 117 (£200 to Hans E. Backer).
C.H. Samuelson, Esq.; Christie's, London, 9 February 1960, lot 167.
With Captain Charles Woollet, London, in 1963.

Specialist note

The sitter was the wife of Captain Dugald Campbell of the 74th Highland Regiment of Foot. The initials on the locks of hair on the reverse of the miniature are: JC / DC / WCC / IC / MC / AHC / EC / CC (clockwise from top centre) and most likely refer to their children.