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SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS, R.A. (BRITISH, 1794-1860)
A young gentleman called John Keats (1795-1821), in fur-trimmed green cloak, blue jacket, white shirt and black neck tie
signed on the reverse 'Painted by / Sir W.C. Ross R.A. / Miniature Pain[ter] /to / The Queen / Waterford'
on ivory
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with pierced ribbon cresting
inscribed on the reverse in ink above the signature 'John Keats / poet / 1795-1821.'
A young gentleman called John Keats (1795-1821), in fur-trimmed green cloak, blue jacket, white shirt and black neck tie
signed on the reverse 'Painted by / Sir W.C. Ross R.A. / Miniature Pain[ter] /to / The Queen / Waterford'
on ivory
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with pierced ribbon cresting
inscribed on the reverse in ink above the signature 'John Keats / poet / 1795-1821.'
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 22 March 1994, lot 87 (as a fine portrait of John Keats).
Special Notice
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