Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
George Romney
A portrait of Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), bust-length, wearing a white cowl with eyes averted
Lot Closed
December 8, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
George Romney
Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire 1734 - 1802 Kendal, Cumbria
A portrait of Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), bust-length, wearing a white cowl with eyes averted
oil on canvas
unframed: 37.8 x 33 cm.; 14⅞ x 13 in.
framed: 54.3 x 49.9 cm.; 21⅜ x 19⅝ in.
With Boydell Galleries, Liverpool, 1937;
Arthur Anderson (1885–1947), Chicago;
Thence by descent to Arthur V. Johnson, from whom acquired by
Joseph H. Boyer (d. 1996), Chicago, 1974;
Anonymous sale ('Property of a Florida collector'), New York, Phillips, 3 October 1984, lot 128;
Acquired at the above sale by a private collection;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 27 March 1987, lot 64;
Whence acquired by a private collection, Washington D.C., until 1989;
Acquired by the present owner in 1992.
Arthur Anderson (1885–1947), Chicago;
Thence by descent to Arthur V. Johnson, from whom acquired by
Joseph H. Boyer (d. 1996), Chicago, 1974;
Anonymous sale ('Property of a Florida collector'), New York, Phillips, 3 October 1984, lot 128;
Acquired at the above sale by a private collection;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 27 March 1987, lot 64;
Whence acquired by a private collection, Washington D.C., until 1989;
Acquired by the present owner in 1992.
D. Traister, "Surely no person was ever so happy as I am": Emma Hamilton's path to fame, exh. cat., Philadelphia 2007, p. 62, no. 72;
A. Kidson, 'Romney and Emma: Reciprocal Muses', in A. Dunkelman (ed.), The Enchantress: Emma, Lady Hamilton. The Jean Kislak Collection, exh. cat., New York 2011, pp. 17, 22, reproduced in colour;
A. Kidson, George Romney, A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven and London, 2015, vol. III, p. 701, no. 1509, reproduced in colour.
A. Kidson, 'Romney and Emma: Reciprocal Muses', in A. Dunkelman (ed.), The Enchantress: Emma, Lady Hamilton. The Jean Kislak Collection, exh. cat., New York 2011, pp. 17, 22, reproduced in colour;
A. Kidson, George Romney, A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven and London, 2015, vol. III, p. 701, no. 1509, reproduced in colour.