25th Jun, 2025 11:00

Fine Pictures, Prints & Sculptures

 
  Lot 126
 

John Bogle (Scottish 1746-1804)

portrait of a lady, with curling dark hair and white dress

signed with initials and dated 'I.B. 1787'
miniature in an octagonal yellow metal frame (surface tested as 14ct gold)
framed 4.8 x 2.8 cm

Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference 5LZ2NSKY

Provenance:
Sotheby's, Important British Pictures, 24 November 2005, lot 106.
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 £620


Condition Report

Hairline crack, approx 1.5cm running vertically through lock of hair on left hand side and a further hairline crack running vertically from upper right. Some surface dirt is also visible. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.

 

John Bogle (Scottish 1746-1804)

portrait of a lady, with curling dark hair and white dress

signed with initials and dated 'I.B. 1787'
miniature in an octagonal yellow metal frame (surface tested as 14ct gold)
framed 4.8 x 2.8 cm

Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference 5LZ2NSKY

Provenance

Provenance:
Sotheby's, Important British Pictures, 24 November 2005, lot 106.
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.

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