Miniature Portrait of an unknown Gentleman

Painted by the artist Gervase Spencer (1715?-1763)
Signed on the front GS 1759

A Gentleman, wearing blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise and stock, his hair powdered and worn en queue and tied with a black ribbon.  Signed on the obverse and dated, GS/ 1759, gold frame with pearl border.  Oval, 32mm high.  Bonhams 11 Sept 2007, Lot 38.

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