RARE GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE WAX SILHOUETTE ADMIRAL DUNCAN SIGNED C.1800

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RARE GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE WAX SILHOUETTE ADMIRAL DUNCAN SIGNED C.1800:
$483.06

VERY FINE & EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ANTIQUE LATE C18th/EARLY C19th GEORGIAN

MILITARY PORTRAIT MINIATURE WAX SILHOUETTE

ADMIRAL DUNCAN (1731-1804)

IN BLACK WAX WITH LIGHTLY BRONZED HIGHLIGHTS ON BLACK PAINTED GLASS

SIGNED \"NYON\"? OR \"MYON\"? UNDER THE BUST

ORIGINAL CUSHION PROFILE FRAME WITH SCUMBLED FINISH

C.1790-1810

EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION

EXTREMELY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE LATE C18th/EARLY C19thGEORGIAN MILITARYPORTRAIT MINIATURE WAX SILHOUETTE PROFILE. THE PORTRAIT DEPICTS ADAM DUNCAN, 1st VISCOUNT DUNCAN, (1st JULY 1731 - 4th AUGUST 1804) WHO WAS A BRITISH ADMIRAL WHO DEFEATED THE DUTCH FLEET OFF CAMPERDOWN ON 11th OCTOBER 1797. THIS VICTORY IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS IN NAVAL HISTORY. BORN IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, DUNCAN\'S NAVAL CAREER WAS A VERY LONG ONE WITH INVOLVMENT IN THE SEVEN YEARS WAR. THE VERY FINE & HIGHLY DETAILED BLACK WAX PORTRAIT IS IN VERY DEEP RELIEF WITH LIGHT BRONZING TO THE ADMIRAL\'S BUTTONS & INSIGNIA. THERE IS A SIGNATURE IN THE WAX UNDER THE BUSTLINE WHICH LOOKS LIKE \"Myon F.\" OR PERHAPS \"Nyon F.\" THE IMAGE IS MOUNTED TO THE ORIGINAL HAND MADE GLASS PAINTED BLACK TO THE REVERSE WHICH HAS \"Duncan\" HAND INSCRIBED IN GOLD JUST UNDER THE IMAGE. WITH THE WAX BEING BLACK AND ALSO MOUNTED TO THE BLACK GLASS I WONDER IF THIS IS A MEMORIAL PIECE TO MARK DUNCAN\'S DEATH IN 1804?THE CUSHION PROFILE FRAME IS ORIGINAL AND RETAINS ITS PAINTED WOOD EFFECT SCUMBLED FINISH AND ORIGINAL HAND MADE WAVY GLASS. TO THE BACKING PAPER IS ATTACHED AN OLD LABEL WHICH READS IN INK \"Modelled by Nyon\".

THE CONDITION OF THE WAX PORTRAIT MINIATURE IS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. THE MODELLING IS EXCEPTIONALLY CRISP AND OF VERY FINE QUALITY WITH NO VISIBLE WEAR. THE ORIGINAL BACKING GLASS IS ALSO IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR FLAKING PAINT. THE ORIGINAL SCUMBLED FRAME IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, JUST SOME PAINT FLAKING TO THE FRONT AND THE SIDES. ALL 4 CORNERS ARE TIGHT AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF WOODWORM.

THE PORTRAIT MEASURES 5 5/8\" X 4 5/8\" INCLUDING THE FRAME AND 3 7/8\" X 3\" FOR THE VISIBLE SIZE OF THE IMAGE.

THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN FINELY MODELLED WAX PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A FASCINATING MILITARY HERO. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO RESEARCH AS THERE APPEAR TO BE ONLY A VERY FEW OF DUNCAN ON RECORD - THE NEAREST EXAMPLE IS HELD BY THE V & A AND ALTHOUGH IS IN COLOURED WAX LOOKS TO BE BY THE SAME ARTIST. WHOEVER WINS OUR EXAMPLE WILL BE DELIGHTED!

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