Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
The Property of a Gentleman
Philip Jean
Portrait of Mrs Bryan Barrett (1759–1834), three-quarter-length, seated, wearing a white dress with a black sash and a yellow leather glove, holding a straw hat
Lot Closed
April 6, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Philip Jean
Saint-Ouen (Jersey) 1755 - 1802 Hempstead
Portrait of Mrs Bryan Barrett (1759–1834), three-quarter-length, seated, wearing a white dress with a black sash and a yellow leather glove, holding a straw hat
oil on canvas
unframed: 126.7 cm. x 102 cm.; 49⅞ x 40¼ in.
framed: 143.5 x 117.6 cm.; 56½ x 46⅜ in.
Probably Reverend Jonathan Tyers Barrett, Brandon House, Suffolk;
Lt. Col. Boyd C.P. Hamilton, Brandon House, Brandon, Suffolk;
His sale, Brandon House, 4–6 September 1919, lot 615, to Col. Booth for £700 (as anonymous, Mrs. Bryan Barrett);
With M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1921;
Mrs Helen H. Cowie, 1951;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 June 1958, lot 156, for £73.50 (as Gilbert Stuart);
There acquired by the family of the present owner;
Thence by descent.
Lt. Col. Boyd C.P. Hamilton, Brandon House, Brandon, Suffolk;
His sale, Brandon House, 4–6 September 1919, lot 615, to Col. Booth for £700 (as anonymous, Mrs. Bryan Barrett);
With M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1921;
Mrs Helen H. Cowie, 1951;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 June 1958, lot 156, for £73.50 (as Gilbert Stuart);
There acquired by the family of the present owner;
Thence by descent.
L. Park, Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works, New York 1926, vol. I, p. 132, no. 55, reproduced vol. III, p. 36 (as Gilbert Stuart);
F.V. Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, Norwich 1927, vol. I, p. 38, no. 4, reproduced (as reputedly by Philip Jean).
F.V. Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, Norwich 1927, vol. I, p. 38, no. 4, reproduced (as reputedly by Philip Jean).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Annual Exhibition, 1793, no. 5 (as P. Jean, Portrait of a Lady).
Philip Jean was a miniature painter who started his career in the navy serving under Admiral Lord Rodney. Chiefly known for his miniatures, he also worked in oils. He frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1787 to 1803 and was patronized by the duke of Gloucester. While settled in London, he also painted portraits of members of the British Royal family, including full-lengths of George III and Queen Charlotte.
Reverend Jonathan Tyers Barrett once lived in Brandon House, which then became the property of Lt. Col. Boyd C.P. Hamilton, who later sold the house and its contents in 1919. The present portrait was included in that sale and according to a local newspaper cutting, it made the highest sale price of the day.
Reverend Jonathan Tyers Barrett once lived in Brandon House, which then became the property of Lt. Col. Boyd C.P. Hamilton, who later sold the house and its contents in 1919. The present portrait was included in that sale and according to a local newspaper cutting, it made the highest sale price of the day.