William Armfield Hobday Sold at Auction Prices

Hobday William Armfield

Portrait eines Edelmannes in schwarzem Mantel mit einem Lorgnon in der rechten Hand Ausführung um 1800. Im- und Export unterliegen der Int. Konvention CITES. Sammlung Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher; Christie's, London, 8 December 1982, lot 173 Gerahmt Ausrufdatum: 29.11.2024 Ungefähre Ausrufzeit: 10:17

PORTRÄTMINIATUR

England, datiert 1800. Gouache/Aquarell auf Elfenbein, oval. William Armfield Hobday (1771–1831), rechts unten signiert. Junge Dame mit Lockenfrisur, in weissem Kleid vor Himmelshintergrund. Die Dargestellte trägt ein Medaillon mit Porträtminiatur. Verglaste Rückseite mit kunstvoll eingelegtem, braunem Echthaar. Gerahmt. 6x7,5 cm.

PORTRÄTMINIATUR

England, datiert 1800. Gouache/Aquarell auf Elfenbein, oval. William Armfield Hobday (1771–1831), rechts unten signiert. Junge Dame mit Lockenfrisur, in weissem Kleid vor Himmelshintergrund. Die Dargestellte trägt ein Medaillon mit Porträtminiatur. Verglaste Rückseite mit kunstvoll eingelegtem, braunem Echthaar. Gerahmt. 6x7,5 cm.

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831)

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831) ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, wearing brown coat, white waistcoat, white chemise and tied stock signed with initials W H and dated 1795 on the obverse watercolour on ivory gold frame the reverse glazed to reveal with plaited hair oval, 69 mm (2 3/4 in) high together with three further 18th Century portrait miniatures by different hands and British Portrait Miniatures, A History by Daphne Foskett, London 1963 (5)

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831)

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat and cravat, with powdered hair watercolour on ivory gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal central aperture with locks of hair in a sheaf design with a plaited hair border oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) high

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1790 wearing a dark green coat, white stock, his powdered hair en queue  Watercolour on ivory  Gold frame  Oval, 70mm high (3 in)  Exhibitied: Comerford Collection

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (BRITISH 1771-1831) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1790 wearing a dark green coat, white stock, his powdered hair en queue  Watercolour on ivory  Gold frame  Oval, 70mm high (3 in)  Exhibitied: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009  Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 11, 55 (#237) Hobday was an English portrait painter and miniaturist whose clientele included royalty and the Rothschild family. He was born in Birmingham, the eldest of four sons of Samuel Hobday (1746-1816), a rich Birmingham spoon manufacturer. Showing a capacity for drawing, he was sent to London when still a boy, and articled to an engraver named William Barney, with whom he remained for six years, studying at the same time in the Royal Academy schools. He then established himself in Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, as a painter of miniatures and watercolour portraits, and commenced to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1794. He was fortunate in soon securing fashionable clientele.  In 1804 he left London for Bristol, where for some years he was largely employed in painting the portraits of officers embarking for the Peninsular War. Though Hobday earned large sums, he continued to be extravagant and in financial difficulties. In 1817, after the war ended, he returned to the capital, and took a large house in Broad Street, hoping to renew his earlier artistic and social connections. In this he was disappointed even though patronized by N.M. Rothschild.

Ф William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A portrait miniature of a la

Ф William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A portrait miniature of a lady wearing a white dress with a blue sash to her waist, her frilled chemise tied with matching blue ribbon, her powdered hair worn à la conseilleur

Engraving of Boxer Henry Pearce

Henry Pearce, the Game Chicken, champion 1805-1807. Drawn by William Hobday, engraved by I. Woolworth & J. Lopez, c. 1805. As presented in vintage frame and matting, 25.5" x 17.5".

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (1771-1831) Portrait of a

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY (1771-1831) Portrait of a lady wearing turban and white dress tied by a blue sash, signed and dated 1795, 'gold' frame with lock of hair verso, 8 x 6.5cm oval

William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831)

A Lady, wearing white dress with frilled collar, her powdered hair dressed with two strands of pearls. Gold frame, the reverse with gold mounted aperture, glazed to reveal plaited hair. Oval, 69mm (2 11/16in) high

William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831)

A Lady, wearing white embroidered dress, frilled double tier collar, sky blue ribbon sash, black shawl with frilled trim, ruby earrings, her hair partially upswept and dressed with a bandeau and crescent moon. Silver-gilt frame with border and pierced ribbon cresting set with paste diamonds, blue glass to the reverse. Oval, 62mm (2 7/16in) high

Circle of William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A Gentleman, wearing dark blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise, stock and tie, gold and seed pearl stickpin

A Gentleman, wearing dark blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise, stock and tie, gold and seed pearl stickpin. Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal opalescent glass set with strands of hair tied with gilt-wire and split seed pearls surrounding monogram of seed pearls RW on oval plaque of blue glass. Oval, 62mm (2 7/16in) high

Circle of William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A Lady, wearing white dress, fichu and bandeau tied beneath her neck

A Lady, wearing white dress, fichu and bandeau tied beneath her neck. Gilt-mounted on rectangular papiér-mâché frame. Oval, 67mm (2 5/8in) high

Circle of William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A Lady, wearing white dress, fichu and bandeau tied beneath her neck

A Lady, wearing white dress, fichu and bandeau tied beneath her neck. Gilt-mounted on rectangular papiér-mâché frame. Oval, 67mm (2 5/8in) high

William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A Lady, wearing white dress with small collar, double strand of pearls in her powdered hair

A Lady, wearing white dress with small collar, double strand of pearls in her powdered hair. Gold frame, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal plaited hair. Oval, 69mm (2 11/16in) high

PORTRAIT.

PORTRAIT. English, watercolor on laid paper. Full-length portrait of a gentleman "George Morland, Sketched by his friend William Armfield Hobday 1803". 7 1/2'H. 4 1/2"w., in a modern frame, 14 1/4"h. 11 1/2"w.

William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A Lady, wearing white dress, with blue ribbon waistband, white turban and red coral necklace

A Lady, wearing white dress, with blue ribbon waistband, white turban and red coral necklace. Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal seed pearl initial P on seed pearl edged blue glass within locks of hair tied with split pearls all on opalescent glass within gold mounted plaited hair border. Oval, 72mm ( 2 13/16in) high

William Armfield Hobday (1771-1831), A miniature portrait of an officer in the Sixth Regiment of Foot, watercolour, backed with the artist's visiting card, oval, 6.5 x 5.5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in), in an ebonised frame

William Armfield Hobday (1771-1831), A miniature portrait of an officer in the Sixth Regiment of Foot, watercolour, backed with the artist's visiting card, oval, 6.5 x 5.5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in), in an ebonised frame

WILLIAM ARMFIELD HOBDAY, CIRCA 1810

A young gentleman in black coat and waistcoat, tied white cravat gilt-metal pendant frame with glazed reverse oval, 2 1/4 in. (57 mm.) high

William Armfield Hobday (1771-1831)

A family group in an interior, a red curtain and extensive landscape beyond with indistinct early inscription 'Painted by W.A. Hobday' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 57 x 68 1/4 in. (144.8 x 173.4 cm.)

William Armfield Hobday (British, 1771-1831) A young Gentleman, wearing dark grey coat, cream waistcoat and frilled white cravat, his hair worn in a long queue gilt-metal frame with blue glass reverse oval, 70mm. (2 13/16in.) high

William Armfield Hobday

A young lady, facing right, in white dress with frilled collar, pearl choker, dark curling hair; sky background pendant frame with seed pearls, gold wire and lock of hair on opalescent glass oval, 23/4 in. (70 mm.) high See Front Cover Illustration.

William Armfield Hobday, circa 1790 : A Gentleman, with powdered hair en queue, wearing dark moss-green coat and white stock