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666 ~ A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG LADY, BY LOUIS MARIE SICARDI (1746-1825), 1790 with powdered and curled hair, wearing a cream coloured dress with white scarf and a sprig of lilac at her corsage, plum coloured waist sash, signed and dated l.r. ‘Sicardi / 1790’, on ivory, silvergilt frame with white enamel pellet border and hinged suspension loop, in a later fitted leather case with double doors and easel back, Albion collection paper label 6cm diameter Provenance: The Property of a Nobleman, Christie’s, London, 21 October 1997, lot 68; The Albion Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Bonham’s, London, 22 April 2004, lot 84 Exhibited: Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, ‘Secret Passion to Noble Fashion’, 21 April to 18 July 1999; Phillips Auctioneers, Edinburgh, ‘Secret Passion to Noble Fashion’, 16 August to 3 September 1999; The Albion Loan Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2000-2003 Literature: A. Sumner and R. Walker, ‘Secret Passion to Noble Fashion’, Holburne Museum of Art, 1999, No.62, illustrated p.155 £5000-7000 667 ~ A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN, ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CLAUDE-MARTIN LEFEVRE D’ORGEVAL (ACTIVE 17401760), MID 18TH CENTURY wearing a maroon coat with gold braiding, with powdered hair en queue, gilt metal mount, gilt-metal mount, 2.8cm oval; together with another miniature of a gentleman, French School, circa 1760, wearing a grey coat, on ivory, later silver-gilt frame with brooch fitting, 2.7cm oval (2)
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£300-500 668 ~ A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN, ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790 with powdered hair en queue wearing a blue coat, on ivory, gold bezel, opalescent glass reserve, gold frame with brooch attachment 3.2cm oval
669 ~ A FRENCH PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A CHILD, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE-JOSEPH LE TELLIER (1759-AFTER 1812), CIRCA 1790 with short fair hair wearing a white chemise tied with a blue band, on ivory, gilt-metal frame with suspension loop 4.7 diameter
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