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BONE, HENRY English enamel painter, born at Truro. He was employed by London jewellers for small de signs in enamel, and in 1800 the beauty of his pieces attracted the notice of the Royal Academy, of which he was admitted an associate; in 1811 he was made an academician. Up to 1831 he executed many beautiful miniature pieces of much larger size than had been attempted before in England ; among these are 85 portraits of the time of Queen Elizabeth, of different sizes, from 5 by 4 to 13 by 8in., now at Kingston Lacey, Wimborne, Dorset shire. These, and pieces in the Wallace Collection, London, were his greatest works.

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