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Attributed to John Astley
Portrait of a lady in profile, half length, wearing a pink lace-trimmed gown, reading a book
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October 21, 05:15 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Sold Without Reserve
Attributed to John Astley
Salop, Shropshire 1724 - 1787 Dunkinfield, Cheshire
Portrait of a lady in profile, half length, wearing a pink lace-trimmed gown, reading a book
oil on canvas
canvas: 24¾ by 20⅜in.; 62.9 by 51.8 cm.
framed: 28⅛ by 24 in.; 71.4 by 61 cm.
Captain Edgar, Norwich, England;
Thomas McLean, London (as Gainsborough);
John Warne Gates (1855-1911) and Dellora Baker Gates, St. Charles, Illinois;
Thence by inheritance to their niece, Mrs. Dellora Angell Norris, 1918;
By whom gifted to the The Art Institute of Chicago, 1970 (as Francis Cotes);
By whom sold ("Sold by the Order of the Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund"), New York, Sotheby's, 30 June 1997, lot 173;
There acquired by a private charitable trust, until 2001;
Thereafter acquired by the present owner.
"The Angell Collection," in Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, September 1923, p. 53 (as Francis Cotes).