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Claudia Hill
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JOHN SMART (1744-1811)
A Gentleman believed to Philip Dormer Chesterfield
( United Kingdom
1764
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Medium
watercolour on ivory
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
signed with initials and dated
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Dimensions
3.50cm high
( 1.38 inches high)
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Literature:
Literature: Daphne Foskett, John Smart the Man and his miniatures, 1964, p. 65 (where Smart is recorded as having painted Chesterfield’s portrait in 1764).
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Description / Expertise
A Gentleman believed to be Philip Dormer (Stanhope) Chesterfield (1694-1773) wearing mole coloured coat, pink waistcoat and lace cravat, black stock, his powdered hair en queue
set in the in the original gold bracelet clasp frame
Chesterfield (1694-1773) was a shrewd politician, noted for his fine oratory, he was an opponent of Sir Robert Walpole and an unenlightened Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. A patron of literature who offended Dr. Johnson, Chesterfield was an ardent Francophile and an intimate friend of Montesquieu.
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