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Miniatures: G0382
Title
John Philip Kemble
Technique
Other
Subject
Artist
Date
1801?
Dimensions
Height: 6.2cm
Width: 5cm
Width: 5cm
Other materials
Enamel on copper: oval
Inscription/signature
"HH /1801[?]" (b. r.); "John Phil. Kemble" (enamel on verso); "H. Hone A. R. A. Pinx / 1801[?]" (red paint on verso)
Provenance
Charles Mathews
Other number
Mathews 326 or 328
RW 427 (by Nathaniel Hone)
CKA 427F
RW 427 (by Nathaniel Hone)
CKA 427F
Exhibition history
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (326 or 328)
Related works
Original: Private Collection London, watercolour on paper 11.1 x 9, initialled and dated 1786
Head and shoulders of Kemble wearing a brown doublet, a high white collar and a red cloak. There is a 3-4cm crack in the enamel extending from the top edge across the sitter's hair and right cheek.
