Lot 535
  • 535

William Bright Morris

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • William Bright Morris
  • Portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 1/2 by 30 5/8 in.; 108 by 77.8 cm.

Provenance

Henry Yates Thompson, London;
By whom given to Carnegie Institute, 1898 (Inv. no. 98.1).

Exhibited

Carnegie Free Library of Pittsburgh, May 29, 1900;
University of Pittsburgh, October 2, 1952, as a permanent loan.

Literature

Catalogue of Painting Collection, Pittsburgh:  Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1973, p. 193.

Condition

Oil on canvas with an old lining. Small, tightly spaced web of craquelure over the entire surface visible over most of the surface. Associated lifting and loss across the picture plane, especially in the upper left quadrant and throughout the sitters coat though. Under UV light, there is a thick green varnish.
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Catalogue Note

This work is after a larger version by the studio of William Hoare in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.