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CIRCLE OF GEORGE ROMNEY (DALTON-IN-FURNESS 1734-1802 KENDAL)
Portrait of Sophia, Countess Poulett (d.1811), full-length, in a white dress and a hat, leaning on a pedestal, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
81 x 56 in. (205.7 x 142.2 cm.)
inscribed 'Douwr Countess Poulett.' (lower right)
Provenance
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, M.P. (1829-1907), from whom purchased through F.B. Henson, with Reynolds' portrait of 'Miss Morris', for £8,000, probably between 1888 and 1892, by the following,
Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton (1837–1909), by whom placed in the Drawing Room at Chesterfield House, Mayfair, and by descent at Chesterfield House and Needwood.Exhibited
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1887, as 'George Romney'.
Birmingham, City Art Gallery, on loan, 1963-1972, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, No. 10 Downing Street, on loan, 1972-1978, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, Kenwood House, on loan, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
Leeds Castle, on loan, 2001-2014, as 'Francis Wheatley'.Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
Details
CIRCLE OF GEORGE ROMNEY (DALTON-IN-FURNESS 1734-1802 KENDAL)
Portrait of Sophia, Countess Poulett (d.1811), full-length, in a white dress and a hat, leaning on a pedestal, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
81 x 56 in. (205.7 x 142.2 cm.)
inscribed 'Douwr Countess Poulett.' (lower right)
Provenance
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, M.P. (1829-1907), from whom purchased through F.B. Henson, with Reynolds' portrait of 'Miss Morris', for £8,000, probably between 1888 and 1892, by the following,
Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton (1837–1909), by whom placed in the Drawing Room at Chesterfield House, Mayfair, and by descent at Chesterfield House and Needwood.Exhibited
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1887, as 'George Romney'.
Birmingham, City Art Gallery, on loan, 1963-1972, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, No. 10 Downing Street, on loan, 1972-1978, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, Kenwood House, on loan, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
Leeds Castle, on loan, 2001-2014, as 'Francis Wheatley'.Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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