Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

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The Property of a Gentleman

Richard Evans after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769–1830), half-length, with the chain of office of the President of the Royal Academy

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman


Richard Evans after Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.

Shrewsbury 1784–1871 Southampton

Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769–1830), half-length, with the chain of office of the President of the Royal Academy


oil on canvas

unframed: 92.1 x 71.6 cm.; 36¼ x 28¼ in.

framed: 117.5 x 97.5 cm.; 46¼ x 38⅜ in.

Anne Lawrence (1767–1835), sister of Sir Thomas Lawrence and wife of Reverend Richard Rouse Bloxam (1765–1840), Warwickshire;

Thence by descent in the Bloxam family (in the collection of Andrew Roby Bloxam (1839–1923), New Zealand, by 1878, according to an inscription on the reverse);

Anonymous sale, Leyburn, Tennants, 16 July 2022, lot 1116;

Where acquired by the present owner.

Wellington, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerawa, 1981–2002, on long-term loan.