Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Portrait of Robert Percy ('Bobus') Smith, M.P. (1770-1845), bust length
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April 29, 03:06 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Bristol 1769 - 1830 London
Portrait of Robert Percy ('Bobus') Smith, M.P. (1770-1845), bust length
oil on canvas
unframed: 76.4 x 63.5 cm.; 30⅛ x 25 in.
framed: 95.5 x 83.6 cm.; 37⅝ x 33 in.
W.G. Trower;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 8 July 1927, lot 54;
With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1929;
A. Rofe, 1951;
Anonymous sale, New York, Doyle, 23 May 2018, lot 31 (as Attributed to Lawrence);
Where acquired by the present owner.
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 8 July 1927, lot 54;
With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1929;
A. Rofe, 1951;
Anonymous sale, New York, Doyle, 23 May 2018, lot 31 (as Attributed to Lawrence);
Where acquired by the present owner.
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, April 1929, no. 22;
Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery, Exhibition of works by Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A., 5 July - 21 August 1951, no. 13.
Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery, Exhibition of works by Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A., 5 July - 21 August 1951, no. 13.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London 1954, p. 58;
K. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', in Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX, Glasgow 1964, p. 177;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford 1989, p. 266, cat. no. 725, reproduced p. 267 (as whereabouts unknown).
K. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', in Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX, Glasgow 1964, p. 177;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford 1989, p. 266, cat. no. 725, reproduced p. 267 (as whereabouts unknown).
The sitter was a lawyer, businessman and member of Parliament for Grantham, Lincolnshire. Between 1803-10 he was Advocate-General of Bengal.
We are grateful to Dr. Brian Allen for endorsing the attribution to Lawrence following inspection of images.