Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 8th September 2020

Lot 557

Attributed to Sir William Beechey RA (1753-1839) Portrait of a young girl

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1600

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Description

Attributed to Sir William Beechey RA (1753-1839)

Portrait of a young girl, half length, wearing a white dress with pink sash, and a white and pink bonnet

Oil on canvas, oval

29 x 24.1cm; 11½ x 9½in

Provenance:

Paula Peyraud (1947-2008);

Bloomsbury, New York, The Paula Peyraud collection: Samuel Johnson & women writers in Georgian society, 6 May 2009, lot 12;

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Paintings, 21 March 2012, lot 190