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After Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Thomas Lawrence
- Portrait of James Boswell (1740-1795)
- Blue wax crayon and red chalk with pencil on laid Athenaeum Club writing paper
- 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches
Provenance
L.G. Duke, C.B.E.
His sale, Sotheby's London, March 11, 1971, lot 51
Sanders of Oxford, Oxford
Acquired from the above, 1972
Exhibited
Yale 2010, no. 146
Literature
Kenneth Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, 1962-64, vol. XXXIX, p. 217
John Ingamells, Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, pp. 62-63
John Ingamells, Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, pp. 62-63
Condition
The work has been carefully presented. The medium, in particular the blue pigment all remain strong and clear. The sheet has surface dirt overall and appears to have been damaged at the sheet edges when removed from previous mounting. These areas of damage have been restored to some extent and are only visible when the work is removed from the current mount. The sheet has not been laid down and is currently hinged to the present mount at two places along the upper sheet edge.
For further information on this lot please contact either Mark Griffith-Jones (mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5083), Emmeline Hallmark (emmeline.hallmark@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5407) or Nancy Bialler (nancy.bialler@sothebys.com - 001 212 606 7222).
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
James Boswell, the flamboyant author of Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785) and biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1791), is portrayed by an artist copying Sir Thomas Lawrence's drawing James Boswell Esq. from Memory (Tate Gallery, London). Rapidly executed on Athenaeum Club paper the work must date from after 1824 as the club was not founded until that year. The drawing indicates Boswell's continued popularity even 30 years after his death.