Nicholas Dixon
(1645-1708) Henry Blount (1602-1682), wearing black robes with black silk cloak, white lawn collar, his hair worn longc. 1661
Watercolour on vellum in later gilded metal frame with laurel border
Oval, 2 ¾ in (69 mm) high
Provenance
Collection of Earl Beauchamp, Madresfield Court, Madresfield, Worcs.;
Collection of Greta S. Heckett, sold at Sotheby’s, London, April 24, 1978, lot 501 (ill.)
Literature
G.C. Williamson, History of Portrait Miniatures, 1904, vol. I, pl. LIII, fig. 5 G;
Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, 1988
Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, 1988
Exhibitions
Exposition de la miniature, Brussels, 1912, no. 44, pl. XI (lent by the Earl Beauchamp, Madresfield Court)