Portrait miniature: Richard 'Beau' Nash by Nathaniel Hone, enamel on copper, 1750.
Key information
Museum number
M185
Object
Portrait miniature: Richard 'Beau' Nash by Nathaniel Hone, enamel on copper, 1750.
Gallery label
Richard ‘Beau’ Nash (1674-1762)
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784)
Enamel on copper, 1750
Signed and dated NH 1750
Richard Nash, Master of Ceremonies at the Assembly Rooms, helped transform Bath into England’s most popular spa. The Irish artist Nathaniel Hone’s miniature of the elderly Beau captures Nash’s character and famously flamboyant clothes.
Purchased 1930
M185
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784)
Enamel on copper, 1750
Signed and dated NH 1750
Richard Nash, Master of Ceremonies at the Assembly Rooms, helped transform Bath into England’s most popular spa. The Irish artist Nathaniel Hone’s miniature of the elderly Beau captures Nash’s character and famously flamboyant clothes.
Purchased 1930
M185
On display?
Yes
