Self Portrait
Horace Hone
1804
Medium
Enamel
Dimensions
7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
miniature painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
20804
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Horace Hone · 1749–1825
Horace Hone (1754–1825) was an English painter renowned for his miniature portraits. Born on 11 February 1754 in Frith Street, London, he was the eldest son of the prominent miniaturist Nathaniel Hone and Mary Hone (née Earle). His father provided his initial artistic training, and Hone later entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1770. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1772 and was elected...