John Smart, A Young Lady, 1765

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

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

Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911–1989), Oxford, MS, and New Orleans, by 1982;

Sold at his sale, The Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Christie’s, London, October 12, 1982, lot 82, as A Girl [1];

Sold, Miniatures, Christie’s, London, April 30, 1996, lot 42, as A Young Lady [2];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A fine miniature of a girl, by John Smart, signed with initials and dated 1765, oval, 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.) high—gold frame with four pearls about the border. Facing right in blue dress with pink rose at corsage, fur-bordered white surcoat, pearl necklace, blue plumes in gauze turban headgear. Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. John Starr of Kansas City.” The following lot, 83, describes, “A sketch for the preceding portrait.”

[2] “A young Lady, facing right in blue dress with white underslip bordered with pearls, pink rose at corsage, fur-bordered pale yellow surcoat, a lace turban and blue plumes in her upswept hair, signed with initials and dated ‘J.S. 1765’ (lower left), oval, 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.) high, gold frame with four pearls about the border.” The lot sold for 3,680 pounds. For more information, see https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1014541.

John Smart, A Girl, watercolor on card, gilt metal frame (unfinished), oval, 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) high, listed for sale at Christie’s, London, The Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection of Portrait Miniatures, October 12, 1982, lot 83.

John Smart, A Lady, gilt-metal frame with beaded border and brooch-pin attachment, oval, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) high, listed for sale at Bonhams, St. Edmunds, England, The Summer Athenaeum, June 11, 2009, lot 262.

The Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection of Portrait Miniatures (London: Christie’s, October 12, 1982), 43, as A Girl.