ID 1344002
Lot 21 | SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Portrait of Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824), half-length, in a black coat and white stock
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Sir George Elliot Meyrick Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 3rd Bt. (1827-1896), Hinton Admiral, Hampshire, and Bodorgan Hall, Anglesey, by whom loaned, according to an inscription on the stretcher, to his daughter,
Emma Douglas Tapps Gervis Meyrick (1851-1934), who, in 1878, married Major Gerald Robert Spencer, and presumably later returned to her nephew,
Sir George Llewelyn Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 5th Bt. (1885-1960), by whom given to his younger brother,
Captain Richard Owen Tapps Gervis Meyrick (1892-1948), Buckland Abbey, Devon, and Nutwell Court, Devon, and by descent; Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood, Exeter, 17 July 2024 (=2nd day), lot 481, as 'Attributed to William Owen', where acquired by the present owner.
| Artist: | Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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