Antique Miniature Young Man Military Officer Portrait Painting John Smart, Circa 1780 Drawings & Prints 75" wide X 5

75" wide X 5

Circa 1890

The top is inlaid with a large enameled 'Bleu Celeste' Sevres style plaque and framed with a gilded bronze ribbon

conservation

Each figure is very finely carved in traditional dress and engraved with polychrome decoration

Antique Miniature Young Man Military Officer Portrait Painting John Smart, Circa 1780 Drawings & Prints 75" wide X 5A fine antique miniature portrait painting, John Smart (1741 1811). The painting circa 1780. A very handsome portrait miniature of a young military officer, painted on an ivory wafer and signed "Smart" to the lower right hand side, the painting is housed in the original brass frame with a hinged hanging hook to the top. Original glass to the front and rear, the rear having the monogram of the young sitter. The painting is in very good condition indeed.