Henry Bone
(1755-1834), Enamel painterSitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 677 portraits
Born in Cornwall, he moved to London in 1779 where he worked on jewellery designs and the enamelling of watches and fans. He began to exhibit miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1781. Bone's technique began with a pencil copy of the chosen picture onto squared paper. This would be traced with red chalk onto the enamel surface that would then be fired to fix the chalk outline. He executed many beautiful miniature pieces of much larger size than had been attempted before in England. Among them are copies of eighty-five portraits painted during the time of Queen Elizabeth I that are considered among his greatest works.
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in pencil for transfer, 1795 (exhibited 1794)
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Unknown man ('Agent to Mr Meux')
by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
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by Henry Bone, possibly after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
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by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (1790-1795)
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Elizabeth Sophia Baillie (née de Visme)
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (exhibited 1795)
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by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (circa 1785)
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Louisa Petty (née Fitzpatrick), Marchioness of Lansdowne
by Henry Bone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (exhibited 1785)
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by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
NPG D17555
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, (1795)
NPG D17758
Louisa Cornwallis (née Gordon), Marchioness of Cornwallis
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (1795)
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by Henry Bone, after John Hoppner
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (exhibited 1795)
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by Henry Bone, after Sir Henry Raeburn
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (exhibited 1798)
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James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (circa 1796)
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by Henry Bone, after Ozias Humphry
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (published 1795)
NPG D17368
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (exhibited 1796)
NPG D17544
Isabella Caroline Campbell (née Howard), Lady Cawdor of Castlemartin
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (exhibited 1795)
NPG D17556
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, circa 1796 (exhibited 1796)
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by Henry Bone, after Elizabeth M. Booth
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, (1796)
NPG D17757
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
by Henry Bone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1797 (1783-1784)
NPG D17258
Robert Cunninghame Graham (Robert Graham of Gartmore)
by Henry Bone, after Sir Henry Raeburn
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1797 (circa 1794)
NPG D17260
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