ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF JOHN LOCKE
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£300 - £500
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Hammer price:
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£1,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF JOHN LOCKE wearing a dark blue jacket over an open collared white shirt, the blue enamelled reverse set with the sitter's name and dated 1694 in beads or micro-pearls, 6.5cm x 5cm in a brass frame surmounted by foliate c-scrolls and a scallop shell John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the 'Father of Liberalism'