Lot 279
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Thomas Hudson

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Hudson
  • Portrait of Margaretta, half-length, in a white dress and blue cloak; Portrait of her sister, Frances, half-length, in a blue dress and pink cloak, both daughters of John Bampfylde (1691-1750)
  • the former inscribed on the reverse of the canvas: Margaretta Ela / Daughter of / John Bampfylde; the latter inscribed on the reverse of the canvas: Frances second / Daughter to John / Bampfylde.
  • a pair, both oil on canvas

Provenance

With Ivor and Joan Weiss Gallery, Colchester, by 1967;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 March 1985, lot 40.

Literature

The Antique Dealers and Collectors Guide, June 1967.

Condition

The canvases have both been relined. The paint surface is relatively clean and there is a fine, even varnish. Ultra violet inspection reveals a very few minor, scattered retouchings throughout the painting. Overall both paintings are in very good condition. They are offered in a carved gilt wood frames in very good condition.
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