Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

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Description

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Portrait of Nelly O'Brien (c. 1739-1768)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Rev. B. Gibbons;
By descent to J. Gibbons;
His sale, London, Christie's, 26 May 1894, lot 54 to Gray for 703.10 gns.;
With Agnew's, London, by whom sold to J. H. McFadden, 4 May 1895;
J. H. McFadden until sold back to Agnew's on 12 July 1899;
With Agnew's, London by whom sold to S. T. Gooden on 18 July 1899;
S. T. Gooden;
E. M. Denny, 11 Bryanston Square, London;
His sale, London Christie's, 31 March 1906, lot 47 (illus.), to Gooden & Fox for 2625 gns.;
With Gooden & Fox until sold to Frederick David Sassoon (1853-1917) in April 1906;
Frederick David Sassoon (1853-1917)
By descent to his daughter Mrs. Paul Wallraf, formerly Muriel Ezra, first wife of Alfred Ezra OBE of Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey;
By descent to Mrs. Raymond Sawyer, née Ruth Ezra, of Chestnut Lodge, Cobham, Surrey.

Literature

Agnew's, Picture Stockbook no. 4, London;
A. Graves & W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A., London 1899, Vol. II, p. 705;
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven & London 2000, text vol., no. 1355a, p. 356 (as untraced).

Catalogue Note

This is a high quality studio copy of a work formerly in the Collection of Lord Wolverton.

We are grateful to Professor David Mannings for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot