Description
George Engleheart
Portraits of a gentleman and a young lady Gouaches on ivory. Bust portraits against a curved background. Monogrammed "E" lower right. Signed and dated "Geo[rge] Engleheart No. 4 Hertford Street Mayfair pinxit 1810 [resp. 1812]" on the reverse cover. Various old labels on the frame. Cracks in both wooden frames. 8.4 x 7.0 cm. Ebonized wooden frames. George Engleheart, London, 1810/12. Expertise Marketing license for ivory available (DE-S-0501-23). Provenance Sotheby's London on June 8, 1987, lot 88. Rhenish private collection. Literature Cf. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 237 f. This object was made using materials for which a CITES permit is required for export to countries outside the EU. We would like to point out that a permit is not usually issued.
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