Lot 11
  • 11

CHRISTINA ROBERTSON | Portrait of a Lady

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Christina Robertson
  • Portrait of a Lady
  • signed in Latin and dated 1840 (?) l.r.
  • watercolour and pencil on paper
  • image size: 23.5 by 18cm, 9 1/4 by 7in.

Provenance

Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (film director and actor; 1877-1965), Leningrad
Acquired from the estate of the above by the parents of the present owner in the 1960s

Condition

The sheet has discoloured. There are a few scattered spots of foxing, notably in the lower right. Held behind glass in a leather covered frame with brass edging, there is a nick in the upper left of the glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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