ID 770960
Lot 60 | GEORGE ROMNEY, R.A. (DALTON-IN-FURNESS, LANCASHIRE 1734-1802 KENDAL, CUMBRIA)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
Portrait of a lady, seated, three-quarter-length, in a landscape, traditionally identified as Anne, Countess of Clare (1766-1844)
oil on canvas
50 x 39 3⁄4 in (127 x 100.9 cm.)
Provenance
Richard Hobart FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793-1864).
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, and from whom acquired in February 1889 by,
Frank Shuttleworth (1845-1913), Bedfordshire and London.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
with Lawrie & Co., London.
with Dowdeswell Galleries, London, 1899, from whom acquired by,
Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Bt. (1845-1903), Dulwich.
James Orrock (1829-1913), London and Shepperton-on-Thames, Middlesex, and from whom acquired in 1901 by,
Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925), New York; his sale (†), American Art Association, New York, 11-12 January 1926, lot 98, where acquired by the following,
with Lewis & Simmons, London.
Leigh McMaster Battson (1891-1977), Beverly Hills; Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1962, lot 99, where acquired by the following,
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.
Reginald N. Webster (1898-1983), Waltham, MA, and Palm Beach, FL; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 17 June 1982, lot 89, where acquired by the following,
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, where acquired by the late owner.
Literature
G. Paston, George Romney, London, 1903, p. 192.
H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, II, London, 1904, p. 30.
J. Watson, The Paintings of Emma Hart (Lady Hamilton) by George Romney: A Study of their Significance in Relation to his Historical Works, M.A. Thesis, 1974, p. 31.
N. Tscherny, ‘Persons and Property: Romney’s Society Portraiture,’ in Those Delightful Regions of Imagination: Essays on George Romney, A. Kidson, ed., New Haven and London, 2002, p. 53.
A. Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, III, New Haven and London, 2015, pp. 738-739, no. 1632, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of a Second Selection from the Works by George Romney, 1900, no. 31.
| Artist: | George Romney (1734 - 1802) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | George Romney (1734 - 1802) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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