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Lot 90
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Harrington Mann

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Harrington Mann
  • Portrait of Miss Isabella Nairn
  • signed and dated l.r.: HARRINGTON MANN 1901; also signed and inscribed with the title on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 194 by 91cm., 76½ by 36in.

Provenance

Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;
Lady Thomas-Walker;
Sotheby's Glasgow, 4 December 1991, lot 329, as Miss Tibbie Nairn
Sotheby's London, 25 November 2004, lot 423, where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

Probably London, Royal Academy, 1901, no.140, with a pendant as The Grandchildren of Michael B. Nairn Esq

Condition

STRUCTURE The canvas is relined and stable. The paint surface is in very good condition with rich impasto and vivid colours. Clean and ready to hang. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no signs of retouching FRAME Held in a decorative period frame in good condition.
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