ID 945305
Lot 42 | BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. (SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Mrs. William Abercromby, half-length, seated, in a white gown with a blue and gold sash
with inscription transcribed onto the lining canvas 'Mrs. William Abercromby of Glassaugh' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, by descent to,
R.W. Duff, Fetteresso Castle, Stonehaven, Scotland; his sale, Christie's, London, 12 June 1931, lot 66, as Gilbert Stuart (to Wyatt).
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Frankel; their sale, Christie's, London, 23 March 1979, lot 140.
with Hirschl & Adler, New York, by 1980, until 1982 when acquired by,
[Property of a Lady]; Christie's, New York, 29 October 2019, lot 756, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
W.T. Whitley, Gilbert Stuart, Cambridge, MA, 1932, p. 39, as Gilbert Stuart.
H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 484-485, no. 580, illustrated.
| Artist: | Benjamin West (1738 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Benjamin West (1738 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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