ID 961028
Lot 5 | JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, A.R.A. (1734-1797)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Portrait of a gentleman in a red fur-trimmed coat, frogged waistcoat and a white turban
oil on canvas
25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.5 cm.)
Provenance
John Blackwood, and by descent to the following,
Major-General A.H. Farrar-Hockley; Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1970, lot 43, where acquired by the following,
with Spink & Son, London, 1976, where purchased.
Literature
B. Nicolson, 'Wright of Derby: Addenda and Corrigenda', The Burlington Magazine, CXXX, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 749-50, fig. 29.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Art style: | British Painting |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Art style: | British Painting |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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