GEORGE WILLISON (EDINBURGH 1741-1797)

Lot 186
04.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1344933
Lot 186 | GEORGE WILLISON (EDINBURGH 1741-1797)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
GEORGE WILLISON (EDINBURGH 1741-1797)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, as a Vestal Virgin, holding a vase; Portrait of Miss Stuart, bust-length, in a head scarf
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 20 1/8 in. (63 x 51 cm.)(2)
a pair (2)




Provenance

(Possibly) the artist's sale; Christie's, London, 4 March 1773 (=2nd day), lots 16 and 21.
Duncan Forbes, Golden Square, London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 18 March 1779 (=1st day), lots 3 and 4 in the Front Room, First Floor, where acquired by the following,
Thomas Hampden-Trevor (1746-1824), 2nd Viscount Hampden, 5th Baron Trevor (his collection label on the reverse).
with Mallett Gallery, London, as 'English School, c. 1890'.
with James Harvey British Art, London, where acquired by the present owner.



Engraved

the second, Valentine Green, 1770, identifying the sitter as 'Miss Stuart'.
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