Lot 156
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Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
  • An opening in the woods
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 by 30 in.
  • 63.5 by 76.2 cm.

Provenance

Marchioness of Thomond, London, niece of the artist, her sale, May 18, 1821, lot 48
Sir George Phillips, Bart., Weston House, Shipston-on-Stour
With Leggatt Brothers, London, 1919
Sale: American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, New York, Art Treasures and Furnishings of Ophir Hall, Residence of the late Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, May 14-18, 1935, lot 1185
There acquired by the grandfather of the present owner

Exhibited

London, British Institution, 1832, no. 141, and 1864, no. 153
London, Royal Academy Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, 1882

Literature

A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., 1901, Vol. III, p. 1234