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Exceptional 18thc (1785) Miniature Portrait Painting By Diana Hill (1760 1844)
Bristol, United Kingdom
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Item details
Height
17.0 cm
Width
13.9 cm
Depth
0.7 cm
Wear conditions
Good
This item has been confirmed as being signed by artist by the seller. Please reach out to the seller for more information.
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Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.
Description
On offer is An Exceptional original Portrait Miniature on Ivorine of the Prominent Merchant Theophilus Blanckenhagen by Diana Hill (nee Dietz) 1760-1844.
Painted in 1785 and depicts Theophilus Blanckenhagen in a seated position with his hand tucked inside his jacket.
Indeed, the work is both signed 'Hill' and dated '1785'.
The inscription on the back of this piece has allowed us to identify this wonderful miniature as a portrait of the merchant Theophilus Christian Blanckenhagen (1736-1814), of Russian and German descent, but a naturalised British citizen from 1771 onwards. He would have been 49 when this picture was painted.
The Blanckenhagen family were a prominent merchant dynasty throughout much of Europe and Theophilus was very successful indeed. Despite two bankruptcies caused largely by his trading partners over-stretching themselves, it would seem he was able to rebuild his reputation and his trading empire.
According to Professor Robert Lee in his Commerce and Culture: Nineteenth-Century Business Elites, Blanckenhagen and Wilson, Theophilus' first major trading firm in England, enjoyed a meteoric rise in importance.
“Within less than a decade, Blanckenhagen and Wilson had risen to become one of the leading merchant houses in the city of London and around 1778 John Christian Schreiber of Leipzig became a business partner”.
By 1793, Blanckenhagen's firm was described as one of the “giant houses of London”. Blanckenhagen's trading interests put him in contact with the East India Company and his son was based in India for a period.
When in 1785 the artist of this portrait, Diana Hill, asked the East India Company for permission to go to India and work as a portraitist there, Blanckenhagen was one of her sponsors. Perhaps this lovely portrait was painted as a token of gratitude for his help in allowing the artist to move on to the next stage of her career.
Condition report:
Offered in an overall very good original condition.
There is a small split on the left-hand side of the painting, and the original glass frame panel is split in two but present with the work.
Additional dimensions information:
Height: 6.7'' | Width: 5.5'' | Depth: 0.3''
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Estimated delivery time
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