Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher

Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)

Henry Bone, R.A.

Portrait of Sir John St. Aubyn (1758-1839)

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Lot Closed

December 9, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)

Henry Bone, R.A.

Truro 1755 - 1834 London

Portrait of Sir John St. Aubyn (1758-1839)

enamel on copper, gilt-metal mount, rectangular lacquer frame;

signed lower left: H Bone, inscribed verso: St. John St. Aubyn Bart. / Henry Bone pinxt / Decr. 1797.

7.2 by 5.8 cm., 2⅞ by 2⅜ in.

Sale, London, Bonhams, 25 November 2005, lot 160;
Sale, London, Christie's, 2 December 2015, lot 456

London, Royal Academy, 1798, no. 878

This fine enamel uses Sir William Beechey's portrait - which hangs at Pencarrow House, Cornwall - as its source.¹ Bone's preliminary pencil drawing is held in the National Portrait Gallery (inv. no. NPGD17547).²

1. R. Walker & A. Laing, Portrait Miniatures in National Trust Houses, vol. 2, London 2005, p. 58-59
2. R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings'. Walpole Society, vol. LXI, 1999, p. 343, under no. 463