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Lot Essay
Jeremiah Meyer (1735-1789) was painter in miniatures to Queen Charlotte, Painter in Enamels to King George III, and was a founder member of the Royal Academy, where he and West probably met. His son, George Charles Meyer, went to Calcutta as a civil servant on the recommendation of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
West rarely drew in chalks, and this accomplished and highly finished portrait drawing is unusual in his oeuvre, but perhaps in making a likeness of the child of a friend and fellow artist, he took particular care. The inscription on the verso of the frame is rather later, as it mentions Meyer's death.
We are grateful to Professor Allen Staley for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
West rarely drew in chalks, and this accomplished and highly finished portrait drawing is unusual in his oeuvre, but perhaps in making a likeness of the child of a friend and fellow artist, he took particular care. The inscription on the verso of the frame is rather later, as it mentions Meyer's death.
We are grateful to Professor Allen Staley for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.