LOT DETAILS

Materials:

miniature

Measurements:

13.54 in. (34.40 cm.) (height) by 8.98 in. (22.80 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'HBone 1823.' on the obverse (lower left) and signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Henry VIII.- London June-1823. Painted by Henry Bone R.A. Enamel=Painter to His Majesty, and Enamel=painter to His R.H. the Duke of York, &c &c after the Original by Holbien [sic] in the possession of Lord Viscount Dillon _ Ditchley - Oxfordshire _' and further signed and inscribed on the backing board 'Enamel Henry VIII. Price 400 Guineas Painted by Henry Bone R.A._ Enamel=painter to His Majesty and Enamel=painter to His R.H. the Duke of York &c &c after the original by Holbien [sic], in the possessio[n] of Lord Viscount Dillon _ Ditchley - Oxfordshire N[o]. 15 Berners Street London'; A paper label on the backing board is inscribed in ink 'Portrait of Henry the 8th. from the original by Holbein at Viscount Dillon's Ditchley Oxon' and, in another hand, 'No. 17. Sir John Neeld Bart Grittleton Hous[e] Ch[ippenham]'; Another, smaller, paper label is inscribed in crayon '136 17'

Condition:

rectangular, 13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (344 x 228 mm.), carved gilt-wood frame with scrolling surround

Literature:

J. Jope Rogers, Notice of Henry Bone, R.A., and his works, together with those of his son, Henry Pierce Bone and other members of the family, Truro, 1880, p. 24. D. Foskett, 'Market Trends in portrait miniatures', Antique Collecting, 23, no. 2, July - August 1988, pp. 5-6. R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings', The Walpole Society, LXI, 1999, p. 330, no. 261. V. Remington, Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, London, 2010, I, p. 70, no. 98 (erroneously as sold Christie's, London, 22 April 1836, lot 47).

Provenance:

Probably Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), of Grittleton House, Chippenham, Wiltshire. By inheritance to his brother Sir John Neeld, 1st Bt (1805-1891). By descent to his son Sir Algernon William Neeld, 2nd Bt (d. 1900). By inheritance to his brother Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, 3rd Bt (d. 1941). By inheritance to Lionel William Neeld; Christie's, London 13 July 1945, lot 109 (168 gns to Frost & Reed). With Frost and Reed, London, no. 2644. Christie's, London, 18 March 1987, lot 46.