Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a New York Collection
James Northcote R.A.
Portrait of a Captain Raynor, R.N., seated on a rocky bank, in a midshipman's uniform
Lot Closed
March 23, 03:46 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Collection
James Northcote R.A.
Plymouth 1746 - 1831 London
Portrait of a Captain Raynor, R.N., seated on a rocky bank, in a midshipman's uniform
signed and dated or inscribed lower center: James Northcote p. 1784
oil on canvas
canvas: 50 ⅛ by 40 ⅛ in.; 127.3 by 101.9 cm.
framed: 54 ¾ by 45 in.; 139.1 by 114.3 cm.
Mrs. Jerningham, by 1877;
Newhouse collection (according to a label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 July 1958, lot 141 (as J. Northcote, R.A.);
With Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd, London;
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Kimbell, Fort Worth, Texas, until 1965;
Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 16 June 1976, lot 23;
There acquired by Dr. P.K. Harding, Pennsylvania;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Pennsylvania Private Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 11 April 1984, lot 21;
There acquired by a private collector;
With Pawsey & Payne, London;
From whom acquired.
Newhouse collection (according to a label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 July 1958, lot 141 (as J. Northcote, R.A.);
With Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd, London;
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Kimbell, Fort Worth, Texas, until 1965;
Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 16 June 1976, lot 23;
There acquired by Dr. P.K. Harding, Pennsylvania;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Pennsylvania Private Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 11 April 1984, lot 21;
There acquired by a private collector;
With Pawsey & Payne, London;
From whom acquired.
Probably, J. Simon, "The Account Book of James Northcote," in The Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 58, 1995, pp. 50-51, cat. no. 190.