Lot 814
  • 814

James Archer R.S.W. 1824-1904

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Archer R.S.W.
  • portrait of mary carrie
  • signed with monogram l.l.
  • oil on panel
  • 45.5 by 30 cm., 18 by 12 in.

Provenance

The British ambassador to Constantinople, by descent to his daughter and her husband, the son of the Belgian ambassador to Constantinople, Baron de Groote and thence by descent

Catalogue Note

The sitter for this elegant painting by James Archer was Mary M. Carrie the wife of Philip Carrie, the British ambassador to Constantinople. Her daughter's portrait was painted  by Fausto Zonaro in a painting entitled The Sedan Chair (Sotheby's, 22 November 2002, lot 127).