Fine Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings - 10th December 2014
Lot 54
George Romney (1734-1802) Portrait of Thomas Smith (1756-1831) of Wray in Lancashire Oil on...
Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £19000
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Description
George Romney (1734-1802)
Portrait of Thomas Smith (1756-1831) of Wray in Lancashire
Oil on canvas in a period frame made by Saunders
76 x 63.5cm; 30 x 25in
Eight sittings are recorded in Romney's studio from November 13th to 28th 1787. The portrait was delivered on November 22nd 1788 and was paid for by Thomas Smith's uncle, Mr Thomas E. Wildman. Smith was called to the bar in 1782 and practiced until 1826. He practiced in partnerniship with Wildman from 1782-1790 and then with Alexander Hoskins, Wildman's brother in law, from 1801-1819.
Provenance:
Passed down through the Hoskins family
By decent to the Streatfield family
M.F. de Halpert
by descent to the present owner
Literature:
Ward and Roberts George Romney Catalogue Raisonné, p.146 as Mr. Smith