Jeremiah Meyer, A Gentleman, Probably Josiah Martin, 18th century

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1965;

Esmé Valerie Eliot (1926–2012), London, by 2012;

Sold at her posthumous sale, A Life’s Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs. T. S. Eliot, Christie’s, London, November 20, 2013, lot 124, as A Gentleman [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A gentleman, in white coat with blue trim, blue waistcoat and white knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue, signed with monogram ‘JM’ (lower left), enamel, oval, 1 3/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gold and almandine-garnet frame, bracelet clasp reverse.” For more information, see https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5733167.

Jeremiah Meyer, Josiah Martin (1737–1786), enamel, gold frame with blue and white enamel borders, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) high, sold at Bonhams, London, Fine Portrait Miniatures, May 20, 2009, lot 124.

British Portrait Miniatures: An Exhibition Arranged for the Period of the Edinburgh International Festival, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Edinburgh, August 20–September 18, 1965, no. 400, as An Unknown Man.

A Life’s Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs. T. S. Eliot (London: Christie’s, November 20, 2013), 100, as A Gentleman.