Lot 86: Samuel Andrews (Irish, c.1767-1807)

John Smart (1742/3-1811), the miniaturist, wearing grey coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise and stock, his hair powdered and worn en queue
gold frame with blue reverse
Oval, 76mm. (3ins.) high

John Smart lived and worked in Madras 1785-95. Samuel Andrews arrived in Madras in 1791 and in 1795 moved into the house that John Smart had occupied, suggesting that the two artists were acquaintances. Smart's appearance in the present lot dates to circa 1783 and therefore suggests that the two miniaturists must have met in London before the artists left for India. For a self-portrait of John Smart from this period, see D. Foskett, John Smart, the man and his miniatures, 1964, pl. III, fig.4.