Lot 173: JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)

JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)
A gentleman, in blue coat, white waistcoat, white knotted cravat, powdered hair
signed with initials 'ITB' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with blue glass reverse centred with sheaf of hair with pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass, framed with seed pearls within blue glass surround

Bought by Edward Grosvenor Paine from Delehar on 3 December 1963.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La., inv. no. 226; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1981, lot 191.

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
For further information about this artist, see D. A. Beaumont, Barber Beaumont, London, 1999.