Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 12th August 2021
Lot 617
Follower of Thomas Gainsborough
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
Follower of Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, wearing a blue gown in a feigned oval, possibly a family member of the Earl of Egremont
Oil on canvas
74.9 x 63.5cm; 29½ x 25in
Provenance:
By repute in the collection of George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (1786-1845);
Agnew's, London;
Mr Glover, The Horns, Gutter Lane, Cheapside, by 1888;
George Harris, 192 East Surrey Grove, Peckham;
By whom sold, Messers Foster's, London, 10 July 1907, by Mr Kosmann, London (51gns);
From whom acquired by Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864-1943), 11 July 1907;
By descent in the collection of the Earls of Bathurst until purchased by the present owner
Literature:
S. Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst, Catalogue of the Bathurst Collection of Pictures (London, 1908), pp. 236-237, illustrated (as 'J. Hoppner')