Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Property from a Private Collection, England
Richard Paton
View of Portsmouth Harbour entrance on 22 June 1773, with King George III leaving in a barge procession to review the fleet at Spithead; the Round Tower on the left and the Blockhouse Fort, Gosport, to the right
Auction Closed
July 3, 06:49 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, England
Richard Paton
London 1717–1791
View of Portsmouth Harbour entrance on 22 June 1773, with King George III leaving in a barge procession to review the fleet at Spithead; the Round Tower on the left and the Blockhouse Fort, Gosport, to the right
oil on canvas
unframed: 80.5 x 111.5 cm.: 31¾ x 43⅞ in.
framed: 99.5 x 130.5 cm.; 39¼ x 51⅜ in.
William Tennant (1783–1835), Little Aston Hall, Little Aston;
Thence by descent to his son, Captain Charles Edmund Tennant (1811–1862), Needwood House, Burton-on-Trent;
Thence by descent to his son, Major Charles Richard Tennant (1851–1937) and his wife the Hon. Mrs Ruth Tennant (d. 1943), Needwood House and St Anne's Manor, Sutton Bonnington;
Thence by descent to their nephew, Sir Charles Buchanan, 4th Baronet (1899–1984), St Anne's Manor;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
