ID 1126209
Lot 69 | SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 400 000
Portrait of William Baker, (1743-1824), three-quarter-length seated, in a red dress coat, with a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'Thos. Lawrence 1807.' (on the arm of the chair, lower center)
oil on canvas
50 ½ x 40 1⁄8 in. (128.3 x 102 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, William Baker, (1743-1824), Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, and by descent to,
W.L. Clinton Baker of Kineton by 1953.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 10 July 1953, lot 84.
George Bagby, until privately sold from his estate in 1970.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, by 1971.
with Noortman & Brod, London, from whom acquired in 1983 by the present owner.
Literature
R. Gower, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1900, p. 107.
W. Armstrong, Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., London, 1913, p. 111.
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes (Late Georgian) Period VI, I, London, 1926, pp. 390, fig. 591 (in situ).
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p. 26, appendix III, p. 72, no. 10.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, p. 143, no. 57, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1806, no. 137.
| Artist: | Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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