Lot 85
  • 85

Charles Shirreff

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Charles Shirreff
  • Portrait of a Gentleman
  • circa 1790
  • 6.7 by 5.2 cm.; 2 11/16 by 2 1/8 in.
wearing a steel grey coat, with a white waistcoat and jabot, gold frame, glazed hair reverse

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 27 March 1979, lot 83

Condition

Ivory ground. Overall this miniature is in very good colour and surface condition. On the curtain there are a few small spots of dry white mould. At some stage this frame was dismantled and there are now scratch-marks near the pin holes.
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