Lot 165: JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)

JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)
A young officer, probably of the Yeomanry or Volunteer Cavalry, in dark blue coat faced red with silver braid loops terminating in tassels, red-trimmed collar and epaulettes, black stock, powdered hair worn à l'antique
signed with initials 'ITB' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, gold locket-frame, the glazed reverse with plaited hairwork
The backing paper of the miniature is inscribed 'J Barber pinxυt 25 Southhampton Sυt London 1802'

Sotheby's, London, 10 March 1975, lot 31.
Bruton Knowles, Gloucestershire, 8 December 1994.

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