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Signed with initials, ‘I’ for India and dated 1788, ‘JS/ 1788/ I’ Watercolour on ivory in original gold ‘Colonial’ frame, with engraved border, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal gold initials ‘AC’ Oval, 2 ½ in. (65 mm) high
Signed with initials, ‘I’ for India and dated 1788, ‘JS/ 1788/ I’ Watercolour on ivory in original gold ‘Colonial’ frame, with engraved border, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal gold initials ‘AC’ Oval, 2 ½ in. (65 mm) high

John Smart

(1741-1811) Ann Chase (née Rand) (1759-1837), wearing pale pink dress, frilled lace collar and pale pink ribbons, her hair powdered
1788
Watercolour on ivory in original gold ‘Colonial’ frame, with engraved border, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal gold initials ‘AC’
Oval, 2 ½ in. (65 mm) high

Provenance

Major William Henry Tapp, M.C., Sunbury-on-Thames, Tapp Sale, Sotheby’s London, 28 June 1935, lot 153 (where the sitter was named as ‘Lady Colville’;
Private Collection, UK, where called ‘Sarah Anne Fane (née Sarah Anne Child 1764-1793), Countess of Westmorland’.