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Portrait miniature of John Shaw (1776–1832), wearing a red coat, a white waistcoat, blue striped slip-waistcoat and a knotted cravat

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ABRAHAM DANIEL

Portrait miniature of John Shaw (1776–1832), wearing a red coat, a white waistcoat, blue striped slip-waistcoat and a knotted cravat

The Limner Company : Portrait Miniature

Date Circa 1795

Medium Watercolour on ivory

Dimension 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2⁵/₈ x 2⁰/₁ inches)

John Shaw Sr. (1776 – 1832) was an English architect known for his revival of the Gothic Style. His notable public appointments included architect to Christ’s Hospital School and Ramsgate Harbour. His last work, the Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West on Fleet Street in London is widely considered his best. Shaw died in 1832 before the church’s completion and his son John Shaw Jr (1803 – 1870) oversaw the remainder of his commissions. Between 1799 and 1831, Shaw exhibited his architectural designs at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Date: Circa 1795

Medium: Watercolour on ivory

Dimension: 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2⁵/₈ x 2⁰/₁ inches)

Provenance: Gallerie Fischer, Lucerne, 4th December 1963, lot 470;
Sotheby’s, 4th December 1985, lot 253;
Sotheby’s, 16th April 2008, lot 74.

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