WILLIAM PREWETT (fl.1735-1750)

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Portrait enamel of a lady, wearing pink and white dress with white underslip, her brown hair falling over her right shoulder, and decorated with a posy

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Portrait enamel of a lady, wearing pink and white dress with white underslip, her brown hair falling over her right shoulder, and decorated with a posy

The Limner Company : Portrait Miniature

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Date 1735

Period Georgian

Origin England

Medium Enamel

Dimension 4.5 cm (1³/₄ inches)

Miniature paintings by William Prewett are rare. He was a student of Christian Friedrich Zincke (c.1683 - 1767), and many of his works are signed. A miniature of Horace Walpole, also signed and dated 1735, can be found in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch. Little else is known about Prewett’s life, even though he was one of the most talented enamellists working in England in his day.

Date: 1735

Period: Georgian

Origin: England

Medium: Enamel

Signature: Signed on the counter-enamel

Dimension: 4.5 cm (1³/₄ inches)

Provenance: With Limner Antiques, July 1974;
Bonhams, New Bond Street, 21 November 2007, lot 126;
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 21 May 2014, lot 23;
Private collection.

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