Circle of Jean-Etienne Liotard

Mrs. Warren, England, by whose widower sent to
Eliza Powell (as one of "three Copley pictures");
Mr. Aemelius Jarvis, Toronto;
W.D.P. Jarvis, King City Ontario; 
By whose descendant sold, New York, Sotheby's, April 7, 1989, lot 150, where purchased by the present collector (as French School, 18th century).

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, February 1 - March 15, 1938, p. 25., cat. no. 51 (as by Copley).

F. Bayley, The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley, Boston 1915, pp. 165-166 (as by Copley, depicting the Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard);
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, London 2006, p. 594 (as French School).

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This pastel on paper seems to be in very good condition, and while reporting on the condition of pastels is a tricky business, given the fact that one cannot identify restorations so easily, it seems unlikely that there are any. This is most likely a picture that has never been removed from its glass frame, yet it is not unusual in this case to ask a restorer who specializes in pastels from this period to examine the piece.
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