A Connoisseur's Eye - Michael Foster Ltd - The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands - 2nd July 2025
Lot 575
DANIEL GARDNER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1764
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Description
DANIEL GARDNER
(1750-1805)
Portrait of Hon. Louisa Vernon (1765-1786), wearing a white dress and feathered cap
Pastel, oval
25.2 x 19.9cm; 10 x 7¾in
Provenance
W. T. Berners;
His posthumous sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, 5 December 1930, lot 69 (24gns);
Parsons;
Christie's, London, 14 June 1977, lot 190 (as Louisa Barbarina, Lady Vernon) (£900 to Leger)
Literature
Neil Jeffares, "Daniel Gardner", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 07/05/2025, no.J.338.1759.
THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE