Miniature depicting key figure in colonial Australia draws demand at Lawrences of Bletchingley
This 4 x 3in (10 x 8cm) oil on ivory miniature, offered by Lawrences (20% buyer’s premium) of Bletchingley, is attributed to the English miniature painter William Mineard Bennett (1778-1858).
However, far more important to its commercial value is the probability that the sitter was a key f…