Y English School (18th century), An infantry officer, c.1780, wearing red coat

Y English School (18th century)
An infantry officer, c.1780, wearing red coat with yellow facings and silver buttons, silver epaulette, white waistcoat, stock and frilled chemise, his powdered hair worn en queue
Watercolour on ivory, navette
3.6cm (1¼ in.) high
In a gold and white paste bracelet clasp mount

We are grateful to Christopher Bryant for his kind assistance with cataloguing this lot.

Condition Report:
Light surface scratches and dirt throughout. There appears to be a small area of loss and subsequent retouching to the background at the right of the sitter's cheek (approx. 3mm) - this is visible in the online illustration. There is a small patch of brown staining to the sitter's waistcoat (visible in the online illustration) and just to the right of this there are one or two very small spots of loss (also visible in the online illustration). Light rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

The mount generally in good condition commensurate with age. One of the white paste mounts at '5 o'clock' a little duller than the rest, and possibly a replacement. Condition Report Disclaimer