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Lot 496
 

A FINE PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN WATERCOLOUR AND GUM ARABIC ON IVORY, BY ROBERT SALMON

ROBERT SALMON (BRITISH/AMERICAN 1775 - 1845),
PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN REGENCY DRESS
watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed with initials and dated 1812 on slip
8cm x 6.5cm
Mounted, framed and under glass
Note: Robert Salmon was primarily a marine and landscape artist. In 1828, he left England for America, where he devoted himself almost exclusively to marine subjects for the next seventeen years, returning to England in 1845. However, he was also a talented portraitist, as evidenced by his fine retrospective portrait of the American corsair John Paul Jones, created in 1828, most likely painted to introduce himself to the American market.

 

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Sold for £360
Estimated at £350 - £550


 
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