John Bogle
Commodore George Johnstone (1730-1787), Governor of West Florida, wearing naval uniform, c. 1785
Watercolour on ivory in contemporary gold frame with plaited hair reverse
Oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm) high
Signed ‘IBogle/ Pinxt’ right
Philip Mould & Company
Provenance
Likely the Johnstone family and thence by descent.
Exhibitions
D. Foskett, Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Antique Collector’s Club, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 494 (SNPG version described here as ‘one of his finest works’).
Literature
Possibly the ‘Portrait of a Navy Officer’ exhibited by John Bogle at the Royal Academy in 1785 (no. 315).
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