WILLIAM BATE (D C1845) A GENTLEMAN in white stock and blue coat with black collar and brass button

WILLIAM BATE (D C1845) A GENTLEMAN in white stock and blue coat with black collar and brass buttons, signed (in pencil) Bate 163 Strand, sky background, ivory, oval, 7 x 5.7cm, giltmetal frame with blue glass insert backAccording to Foskett (D), Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge 1987, Bate is known to have worked at the 163 Strand address in 1802. The Leeds IntelligenceR of 6th September 1802 recorded that "Mr Bate Miniature Painter of 163 Strand London is staying at Leeds."