Artist's Biography
See the artist’s biography in volume 4.
Provenance
John Smart (1741–1811), by around 1765;
By descent to his son, John James Smart (1805–1870), 1811–1870;
By descent to his daughter, Mary Ann Bose (née Smart, 1856–1934), 1870–1934;
By descent to her daughter, Mabel Annie Busteed (née Bose, 1878–1967), 1934–1936;
Sold at her sale, Sketches and Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart, Christie’s, London, December 17, 1936, lot 16, as Head of Judge Jasper Yeates (1745–1817) [1];
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 93, as A Preparatory Sketch for a Miniature of Judge Yates [2];
Current location unknown.
Notes
[1] “Head of Judge Jasper Yeates (1745–1817); Head of Mr. Wombwell; Head of Mr. Dickenson; and Head of a Gentleman (four).”
[2] “A preparatory sketch for a miniature of Judge Yates wearing a broad collar trimmed with pointed lace, pencil and watercolour on paper, the face only with bodycolour, pencil and silver-gilt frame, rectangular 2 1/8 in.; 5.4 cm. A miniature of Judge Jasper Yeates (1745–1817) by Smart is recorded by Foskett (D.), John Smart, 1964, p. 77.” The annotated catalogue has a circled lot number and lists “380” below the lot description.
References
Sketches and Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart (London: Christie’s, December 17, 1936), 5, as Head of Judge Jasper Yeates (1745–1817).
Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 25, as A Preparatory Sketch for a Miniature of Judge Yates.
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