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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. 
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).
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.