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* John Westbrooke Chandler, R.A. 1764-1804/5 Edinburgh
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Description
- John Westbrooke Chandler, R.A.
- Four Children Playacting as Macbeth and the Three Witches
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Anonymous sale, New York, February 17, 1944;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, July 6, 1983, lot 241;
With Richard Feigen, New York;
From whom purchased by the present collector.
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, July 6, 1983, lot 241;
With Richard Feigen, New York;
From whom purchased by the present collector.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1787, no. 384.
Literature
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris 1976, vol. 2, p. 657;
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris 1999, vol. 3, p. 468.
Catalogue Note
Chandler was the natural son of the 2nd Earl of Warwick. He developed a style similar to Hoppner and Romney. Three of his portraits are at Eton College.