Lot 21

TWO PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF A GENTLEMAN
LATE 17TH CENTURY




Auction: Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338
Description
both oval, painted on copper or vellum, depicting the same gentleman with long flowing dark hair, a high wide white collar and a black doublet, one set inside a period glazed gilt brass locket with suspension loop, the other set inside a Georgian yellow metal locket
Dimensions
each miniature 6cm high, 4.5cm wide
Provenance
Part of the former contents of Poltalloch House, Kilmartin, Argyll; designed by William Burn in the Scottish Baronial style and built circa 1849-1853 for the Malcolm family



