An early 19th century framed portrait miniature, by John Smart (1741-1811). Dimensions of frame...

An early 19th century framed portrait miniature, by John Smart (1741-1811).

Dimensions of frame 26.5 by 21.3 by 3.4cms.

Dimensions of portrait 10.7 by 8.8cms.

A miniature by John Smart, signed and dated 1807, of Frances, Mrs Chambers, wife of Robert Chambers, Chief Justice of Bengal. The reverse later inscribed by Arthur Jaffe with sitter's biography.

<p><b>LITERATURE</b>

The miniature is in the List of Known Sitters in John Smart; The Man and his Miniatures, D. Foskett, London, 1964, p. 64.

<p><b>PROVENANCE</b>

By familial descent from the artist; Mrs Busteed, great-granddaughter of the artist;

The Busteed Collection, Christie's, London, 17 December 1936, lot 42.; Property of the late Arthur Jaffe (1880-1954), Christie's London, 17 November 2016, lot  70.