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George Romney
Portrait of Colonel Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsay
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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George Romney
Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire 1734 - 1802 Kendal, Cumbria
Portrait of Colonel Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsay
charged with the sitter's coat of arms and inscribed with his motto upper left: ALBEMARLE EARL of LINDSAY / VIRTUS ARIETE FORTIOR
oil on canvas, unlined
canvas: 36 by 28 in.; 91.4 by 71.1 cm
framed: 42 ½ by 34 ¼ in.; 108.0 by 87.0 cm
Delivered to the sitter, Colonel Albemarle Bertie (1744-1818), 9th Earl of Lindsay, on 28 November 1786;
Thence by descent to his son, Montagu Peregrine Bertie (1815-1899), 11th Earl of Lindsay;
Thence by descent to the sitter's grandson, Montagu Peregrine Albermarle Bertie (1861-1938), 12th Earl of Lindsay;
Thence by descent to the sitter's great-grandaughter, Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (née Bertie; 1893-1981);
By whose estate sold ("Property of the Will Trust of the Late Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey"), London, Christie's, 3 December 2014, lot 181;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
T.H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, New York 1904, vol. II, p. 11;
A. Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven 2015, vol. I, p. 68, cat. no. 91, reproduced.
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