Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
The Property of a Lady
George Morland
Portrait of a gentleman patron, three-quarter length, seated before a landscape painting
Lot Closed
April 6, 02:28 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Lady
George Morland
London 1763 - 1804
Portrait of a gentleman patron, three-quarter length, seated before a landscape painting
signed on the painting lower left: G. Morland
oil on canvas
unframed: 64.5 x 51.5 cm.; 25⅜ x 20¼ in.
framed: 82.3 x 69.5 cm.; 32⅜ x 27⅜ in.
A. Heywood-Lonsdale;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 24 October 1958, lot 90 (as a Self Portrait), for 420 Guineas to the Fine Art Society;
With the Fine Art Society, London (when advertised in Apollo, December 1958);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 June 1971, lot 66 (as a Self Portrait);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1973, lot 74 (as a Self Portrait).
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 24 October 1958, lot 90 (as a Self Portrait), for 420 Guineas to the Fine Art Society;
With the Fine Art Society, London (when advertised in Apollo, December 1958);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 June 1971, lot 66 (as a Self Portrait);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1973, lot 74 (as a Self Portrait).
D. Winter, George Morland (1763-1804), doctoral diss., Stanford University, California 1977, p. 197, no. P203 (dated to 1800-1804).
A similar depiction of a patron admiring an oil painting by Morland (also signed on the canvas within the picture), is known to be a portrait of Henry Wright; it was sold in these Rooms, 13 July 1988, lot 190.