British Paintings 1500-1850
Catalog Information: 87 lots with images
Date: 1995
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 54: ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1730 PORTRAIT OF THREE CHILDREN
All half length, standing, wearing brown Oil on canvas 73 by 91. 5 cm.; 28 3/4 by 36 in.
Lot 55: SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (1723-1793) PORTRAIT OF LADY HAMILTON AS BACCANTE
Half length, wearing a yellow dress and white shawl Oil on canvas 76.5 by 63.5 cm.; 30 by 25 in. The sitter, born Amy Lyon but known as Emma Hart, lived in London where for some time she was mistress to Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh and then to Hon. Char [...more]
Lot 56: THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (1727-1788) PORTRAIT OF MASTER JOHN TRUMAN-VILLEBOIS AND HIS BROTHER HENRY
Full length, seated on a balustrade, wearing brown suits, building a house of cards Oil on canvas 155 by 129.5 cm;. 61 by 51 in. This charming, beautifully constructed portrait is one of four major works commissioned by the Truman family. The first w [...more]
Lot 57: ARTHUR DEVIS (C. 1711-1787) PORTRAIT OF MISS VINCENT
Full length, seated in a landscape, wearing a blue dress Signed c.l.: Devis/1748, oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 59 by 40 cm.; 23 1/4 by 15 3/4 in. PROVENANCE By descent in the Brave family to Adrian Verney, 6th Baron Braye (1874-1952), by who [...more]
Lot 58: SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (1723-1792) PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN BRICE (1730-1805)
Three-quarter length, standing, wearing a blue coat, men of war beyond to his left Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 127 by 1102 cm.; 50 by 40 in. The sitter was the second son of Charles Brice of Castle Chichester, Kilroot, County Antrim, and hi [...more]
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