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HENRY BONE (1755-1834)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 200 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:BONE (1755-1834)  , See also:English See also:enamel painter, was See also:born at See also:Truro . He was much employed by See also:London jewellers for small designs in enamel, before his merits as an artist were well known to the public . In 1800 the beauty of his pieces attracted the See also:notice of the Royal See also:Academy, of which he was then admitted as an See also:associate; in 1811 he was made an academician . Up to 1831 he executed many beautiful See also:miniature pieces of much larger See also:size than had been attempted before in See also:England; among these his eighty-five portraits of the See also:time of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, of different sizes, from 5 by 4 to 13 by 8 in. are most admired . They were disposed of by public See also:sale after his See also:death . His Bacchus and See also:Ariadne, after See also:Titian, painted on a See also:plate, brought the See also:great See also:price of 2200 guineas .

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