25th Jun, 2025 11:00
John Bogle (Scottish 1746-1803)
Portrait of a gentleman, wearing a brown/grey coat and white cravat
signed with initials and dated 'IB 1784'
miniature, in a yellow metal scroll form brooch frame (surface tested as 18ct gold)
3.3 x 2.7 cm, frame 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference CR659ZRH
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 23 November 2011, lot 51.
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 £300
Condition Report
In fairly good colour. Some oxidisation of paint mainly to right hand side of the sitter's face. Slightly dirty. Some possible spots of mould to jacket lower right. The mark on the sitter's nose visible in the catalogue illustration is a scratch on the glass. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
John Bogle (Scottish 1746-1803)
Portrait of a gentleman, wearing a brown/grey coat and white cravat
signed with initials and dated 'IB 1784'
miniature, in a yellow metal scroll form brooch frame (surface tested as 18ct gold)
3.3 x 2.7 cm, frame 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference CR659ZRH
ProvenanceProvenance:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 23 November 2011, lot 51.
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.
