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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)

Lot 69
31.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 69 | SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
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$ 200 000 – 400 000
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)

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)
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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