Henry Bone
Portrait of Sir John Richardson
Colored painter's enamel on copper. Bust portrait in a blue skirt against a red background. Contreémail signed and dated on the reverse "Painted by H. Bone ARA Enamel Painter to H.R. Highness The Prince of Wales Febr. 1806". 5.9 x 4.5 cm. Original gilt metal frame.
Henry Bone, London, 1806.
Henry Bone was one of the best enamel painters of his time and worked as a court miniaturist for the English kings George III, George IV and William IV.
Provenance
Sotheby's London on October 6, 1980, lot 101.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
On the artist, see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 93.
Cf. Coffin/Hofstetter, Portrait Miniatures in Enamel. The Gilbert Collection, London 2000, p. 53.
