Richard Gibson

Study of a smiling child

No reserve

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Auction Closed

July 5, 10:16 AM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the Harford family

Attributed to Richard Gibson

Cumberland ? 1605 or 1615 - 1690 London

Study of a smiling child

Red and black chalk on laid paper prepared with a pink wash

149 by 120 mm

Probably Mrs Richard Gibson, née Anne Shepherd (d. 1707), the artist's wife,

probably Susannah-Penelope Rosse (d. 1700), the artist's daughter,

probably Michael Rosse (d. circa 1735), her husband,

probably his sale, London, Cecil Street, April-May 1723, unknown lot number,

possibly (according to family tradition) Christopher Tower of Huntsmoor Park, Buckinghamshire (1657-1728),

possibly Christopher Tower (1692-1771),

possibly Christopher Tower (1747-1810),

possibly the Rev. William Tower of Weald Hall, Essex (1789-1847),

Mrs William Henry Harford, née Ellen Tower (1832-1907),

Hugh Wyndham Luttrell Harford (1862-1920),

Arthur Hugh Harford (1905-1985),

by descent to the present owner

We are very grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in clarifying the early provenance of this collection. Please see his article ‘William Towers (-1678) art dealer and collector’

Neil Jeffares | Fairness, candour & curiosity – from finance to art history (wordpress.com)

D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper, London 1974, p. 85;
L. Stainton and C. White, Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth, exh. cat. London, British Museum, 1987, pp. 102, under no. 64 and p. 115, under no. 80

For further information on the work please refer to lot 8.