Lot 82: John Cox Dillman Engleheart (British, 1782/4-1862)

Admiral William Thornborough KCB, wearing Naval uniform, gold trimmed blue coat with gold epaulettes, white waistcoat and black stock
signed on reverse and dated JCD/ Engleheart pinxit/ 1802, inscribed on a separate card with the sitter's details, gilt-mounted rectangular papier-mâché frame
Oval, 73mm. (2 7/8ins.) high

The present lot is a very early example of J. C. D. Engleheart's work, painted when he was just 18. It clearly shows the influence of his uncle George, in whose studio he was a pupil and assistant; and of Thomas Richmond, his cousin, who was also a pupil of the older Engleheart.