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Manner of James Northcote, R.A.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Joshua Reynolds, Samuel Palmer and Theophilia Palmer taking tea in Leicester house
- oil on canvas with gilt pinewood frame
- 61 by 74cm.; 24 by 29in.
oil/canvas
Provenance
Sold in these rooms 15th June 2000, Lot 155.
Literature
Discussed and illustrated in Antiquarian Horology, September 2004, pgs. 348-352 where the central character is suggested to be Thomas Mudge rather than Dr Johnson.
Catalogue Note
In 1760 Reynolds acquired a lease on 47 Leicester Fields (later Leicester Square), a house built in c.1690 which had once belonged to Henry Morland. He entertained many acquaintances there including Dr Johnson, one of his closest friends, assisted often by his favourite niece, Theophilia Palmer who stayed at Leicester Fields from 1770 until her marriage to Robert Gwatkin.