Lot 224: PETER CROSS (BRITISH, C. 1645-1724)

PETER CROSS (BRITISH, C. 1645-1724)
A young gentleman, in pale coloured cloak, white lace cravat, full-bottomed brown wig
on vellum
oval, 13/16 in. (21 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1981, lot 113.

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.
An identical miniature by Cross, of the same size, is in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (H. Hickl-Szabo, Portrait Miniatures in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1981, p. 8, pl. 4).
The Toronto version is identifed as James Crofts, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), a natural son of King Charles II and Lucy Walter who died on the scaffold for rebellion against King James II.