School of Samuel Shelley, A Young Boy, ca. 1770

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;

Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 91, as A Young Boy [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A young boy, with straight fair hair and wearing a blue jacket and waistcoat buttoned up to a white collar, mounted within a gold slide frame, oval 1 7/16 in.; 3.6 cm.” The annotated catalogue has a circled lot number and lists “180” below the lot description.

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 24, as A Young Boy.