Lot 85
  • 85

Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.
  • Portrait of Elizabeth, wife of George Simon, 2nd Earl Harcourt, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon (1746 -1826), three-quarter-length, in peeress’ robes, a coronet on the table beside her
  • inscribed upper right: The Rt: Honble: Lady Harcourt / Daughter to Sr: Tho. Vernon
  • oil on canvas
  • 127 by 101.6 cm.; 50 by 40 in.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s South Kensington, 7 March 1996, lot 9 (as Circle of John Vanderbank).

Condition

In overall good condition. The canvas is lined, the paint surface is clean and the varnish is clear and even. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals a thick, milky varnish and very few minor retouchings, but no major intervention.
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