John Smart

(1741-1811) Mrs. Parker of Bath, wearing white muslin dress and two bows of white silk ribbon in her powdered hair

1797

Watercolour on paper in later gold frame with border of split pearls

Oval, 3 ½ in. (90 mm) high

Lilian Mary Dyer, née Bose (1871-1955), a great-granddaughter of the artist; Christie's, London, 26 November 1937, lot 44;

Frédéric Lauffer Collection, Paris (by 1956);

Private Collection, USA.

Foskett, D., (1964) John Smart, The Man and his Miniatures. London: Cory, Adams and Mackay, p. 72.

Frédéric Lauffer Collection, Paris, in Geneva, in 1956, no.417, p. 108.