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Important Miniatures From A Private Collection
16 April 2008 • London
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128 lots
  • The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Graz: Akademische Druck, 1964
    Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
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  • three works in four volumes comprising: Williamson, G.C. Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer. London: George Bell and Sons, 1903, number 121 of 365 copies, original cloth, top edge gilt, library markings, extremities frayed--Williamson, G.C. The History of Portrait Miniatures. London: George Bell and Sons, 1904, one of 520 copies, two volumes, original buckram gilt, top edges gilt, extremities bumped--Bourgoing, J. de. Die Englische Bilnisminiatur. Vienna: Artur Wolf, 1927, number 480 of 1000 copies, original cloth gilt with morocco gilt spine; all folio, numerous plates, occasional wear, small labels on insides of upper covers
    Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
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  • 17 works in 18 volumes, comprising: [Christie, Manson & Woods]. Catalogue of... Miniatures... The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1935, later cloth--Foskett, D. John Smart. London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, 1964, original cloth--[Foskett, D.] British Portrait Miniatures. Edinburgh: Arts Council of Great Britain Scottish Committee, 1965, original wrappers, some tears to wrappers--Reynolds, G. Nicholas Hilliard & Isaac Oliver. London: HMSO, 1971, original wrappers--Reynolds, G. Tudor & Jacobean Miniatures. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, original wrappers--Foskett, D. Samuel Cooper. London: Faber and Faber, 1974, original cloth, dust-jacket--Foskett, D. A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters. London: Faber and Faber, 1972, two volumes, original cloth, dust-jackets--Keil, N. Die Miniaturen der Albertina in Wien. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1977, original cloth, dust-jacket--Foskett, D. Collecting Miniatures. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1979, original cloth--Reynolds, G. Wallace Collection - Catalogue of Miniatures. London: Wallace Collection, 1980, original wrappers--Murdoch, J., Murrell, J., Noon, P.J. and R. Strong. The English Miniature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, original wrappers, Strong, R. Artists of the Tudor Court. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983, original wrappers, some staining--Bayne-Powell, R. Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge: University Press, 1985, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket--Grijzenhout, F. Liotard in Nederland. Utrecht: Kwadraat, 1985, original wrappers--Lavender, D. The Monarchy in Portrait Miniatures from Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria. London: D.S. Lavender (Antiques), 1993, original cloth, dust-jacket--Lloyd, S. Richard and Maria Cosway. Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995, original wrappers--Coffin, S. and Hofstetter, B. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel. London: Philip Wilson, 2000, original cloth, dust-jacket; various sizes, numerous plates and other illustrations, generally good with extremities occasionally bumped, a few dust-jackets frayed, small labels on insides of upper covers
    Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
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  • Portrait of a gentleman
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
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  • Portrait of a Lady
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
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  • Portrait of a lady of Constantinople
    Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
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  • Portrait of a Lady
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP
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  • Portrait of a Lady
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • Portrait of a lady
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • Portrait of a Lady
    Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP
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  • Portrait of a lady, possibly Kitty Fisher
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • Portrait of John Bullock
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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