25th Jun, 2025 11:00
John Barry (British fl.1784-1827)
Portrait of a Gentleman, wearing a brown coat and white cravat
miniature, with yellow metal pendant frame (surface tested as 9ct gold) with blue enamel border, tooled white metal reverse
5.3 x 4 cm, framed 7.3 x 6 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference HMCFWWFZ
Provenance:
Bonhams, The Charles E. Lees Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, 20 November 1997, lot 70.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
Sold for £320
Condition Report
In good colour. There are a two or three small losses to paint surface to jacket. Some scattered spots of dirt. The sheet is slightly concave and is beginning to lift from mount at edges. Under glass and unexamined out of frame. Crack to blue border lower right and dirt and losses to white metal backing.
John Barry (British fl.1784-1827)
Portrait of a Gentleman, wearing a brown coat and white cravat
miniature, with yellow metal pendant frame (surface tested as 9ct gold) with blue enamel border, tooled white metal reverse
5.3 x 4 cm, framed 7.3 x 6 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference HMCFWWFZ
ProvenanceProvenance:
Bonhams, The Charles E. Lees Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, 20 November 1997, lot 70.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
