ID 1436622
Lot 189 | GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700?-1765 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
A South-east view of Leybourne Grange, Kent
signed and dated 'G. Lambert. / 1737.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ½ x 43 1/8 in. (72.4 x 109.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Commissioned from the artist by Francis Whitworth (1684-1742), Leybourne Grange, Kent, and by descent to his son,
Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth (1752-1825), Leybourne Grange, Kent, and by whom sold with Leybourne Grange in 1776 to the following,
James Hawley (1705/6-1777), Leybourne Grange, Kent, and by descent until anonymously sold,
[The Property of a Lady]; Christie's, London, 14 July 1989, lot 52, where acquired by the following,
with Richard Green, London, where acquired in 1995 by the present owner.
Literature
M.-L. Schnackenburg, Der englische Landschaftsmaler George Lambert, Ph.D. dissertation, Osnarbrück, 1995, pp. 69 and 115-116, no. 65, fig. 61.
E. Einberg, 'Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of George Lambert', The Volume of the Walpole Society, 2001, pp. 121 and 139, no. P1737A, fig. 44.
Exhibited
London, Richard Green, Exhibition of Old Master and English Paintings, 1989, no. 19.
| Artist: | George Lambert (1700 - 1765) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | George Lambert (1700 - 1765) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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