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Lot 921 Dα

A pair of English portraits of a young couple

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)

A pair of English portraits of a young couple

Gouache on ivory portraits of a gentleman in black and a lady in a white chemise. Signed "John Cox Dillmann Engleheart" and dated 1811 on the reverse. 8.2 x 6.4 cm. Ebonised wood frames.
John Cox Dillman Engleheart, 1811.

Certificate

Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0503-23).

Provenance

Sotheby's London on 24 November 1983, lot 477.

Rhenish private collection.

Literature

For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 238 f.