Master Paintings
Master Paintings
Property from a Private Collection, United States
Sir William Beechey
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Byrd, later Mrs. Slight, half-length, before a landscape
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October 21, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Property from a Private Collection, United States
Sir William Beechey
Burford, Oxon 1753 - 1839 London
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Byrd, later Mrs. Slight, half-length, before a landscape
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 by 25 in.; 76.2 by 63.5 cm.
framed: 36¾ by 31⅞ in.; 93.3 by 81.0 cm.
With Arthur Tooth and Sons, London;
From whom acquired by Henry Blank (1873-1949), Glen Ridge, New Jersey;
His estate sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 16 November 1949, lot 55;
Where acquired by Renaissance Galleries, New York;
Private collection, 1980s;
Thence by descent to the present collector.
From whom acquired by Henry Blank (1873-1949), Glen Ridge, New Jersey;
His estate sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 16 November 1949, lot 55;
Where acquired by Renaissance Galleries, New York;
Private collection, 1980s;
Thence by descent to the present collector.
The dark-haired sitter wears a low-cut white muslin dress trimmed with lace and cinched at the waist with a blue ribbon. The work once formed part of the esteemed collection of British art assembled by the celebrated American jeweler and Titanic-survivor, Henry Blank.