BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. (SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON)

Lot 42
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Lot 42 | BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. (SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON)
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$ 60 000 – 80 000
BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. (SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON)

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.
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