The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DAVID PATON
Fl. circa 1660 - 1695
PORTRAIT OF SIR ROBERT DASHWOOD, 1ST BT. (1662-1734), CIRCA 1690
Plumbago on vellum, ebonised turned-wood frame
70 by 57 mm.
Sale, London, Christie's, 23 June 1981, lot 214
The sitter was a courtier under King James II. He served as Member of Parliament for Banbury and then Oxfordshire and was created a baronet in 1684. In the previous year he married Penelope, daughter of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Bt.