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Georgian portrait miniature of an officer of the 12th Light Dragoons, painted in watercolour on ivory
By William Denton 1794. H 6.7cm
H 23⁄4"
wearing dark blue jacket with silver lace and pale yellow facings, powdered hair en queue
signed and dated on the reverse Wm Denton/ Pinxt Feby/1794, in gold frame the reverse glazed to reveal gold monogram ML on plaited hair
Denton Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1792-1795. The inscription on the reverse of the present lot tells us that his Christian name was William, a fact that was previously unrecorded.
5097 (1680634/570500/13) £ 2,400
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