The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
HENRY BONE, R.A. | PORTRAIT OF HENRY GAWLER (1766-1852) AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BELLENDEN KER (C. 1765- 1842), WHEN CHILDREN
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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HENRY BONE, R.A.
Truro 1755 - 1834 London
PORTRAIT OF HENRY GAWLER (1766-1852) AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BELLENDEN KER (C. 1765- 1842), WHEN CHILDREN
Enamel on copper, gilt-metal mount;
signed lower right: HBone, signed, inscribed and dated verso: Decr & D. (inverted) / Henry Gawler & John Bellenden / Ker, surviving Children of / John & Caroline Gawler. - / London / Oct.r 1820. / Painted by Henry Bone R.A. / Enamel=Painter to His Majesty / after the Original picture by / the late Sr. Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. / & c & c
149 by 114 mm.
Sir Bernard Eckstein, 2nd Bt. (d. 1948);
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 31 March 1949, lot 117;
sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1976, lot 33;
sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1985, lot 262;
sale, Zurich, Koller, 17 November 1987, lot 1756;
sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 121
Henry Gawler was a barrister, while his younger brother, John, was a botanist. John changed his name to Bellenden Ker in 1804 and was an unsuccessful claimant to the Dukedom of Roxburghe.