Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Portrait of Mrs. Hart Davis, half length, in a white gown with a gold sash and a black velvet hat
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January 28, 03:38 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Bristol 1769 - 1830 London
Portrait of Mrs. Hart Davis, half length, in a white gown with a gold sash and a black velvet hat
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 by 25 in.; 76.2 by 63.5 cm.
framed: 39¼ by 34 in.; 99.7 by 86.4 cm.
Reverend R.H. Hart-Davis, by 1833;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 14 July 1922, lot 25;
John Levy, New York, 1925;
A.H. Houghton, New York;
Mrs. Harvey Breit, New York, 1955;
Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 October 1997, lot 70;
Private collection;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 1999, lot 292;
There acquired by the present collector.
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 14 July 1922, lot 25;
John Levy, New York, 1925;
A.H. Houghton, New York;
Mrs. Harvey Breit, New York, 1955;
Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 October 1997, lot 70;
Private collection;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 1999, lot 292;
There acquired by the present collector.
R. Sutherland Gower, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Paris and New York 1900, p. 123;
W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London 1913, p. 126;
K. Garlick, "A Catalogue of the paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas LAwrence," The Walpole Society, vol. xxxix, 1964, p. 66;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, London 1989, p. 206, cat. no. 393, reproduced.
W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London 1913, p. 126;
K. Garlick, "A Catalogue of the paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas LAwrence," The Walpole Society, vol. xxxix, 1964, p. 66;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, London 1989, p. 206, cat. no. 393, reproduced.
London, British Insitution, 1833, no. 1;
Columbus, Ohio, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Sir Thomas Lawrence as Painter and Collector, 7 October - 13 November 1955, no. 15.
Columbus, Ohio, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Sir Thomas Lawrence as Painter and Collector, 7 October - 13 November 1955, no. 15.
Charlotte Hart Davis was the daughter of Major-General Thomas Dundas of Fingask, Stirling. She married Hart Hart Davis, who sat to Lawrence twice himself, in 1809 and 1813; his second portrait was also exhibited at the British Institution in 1833. The present portrait dates to after 1820.