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Property from an Important Southern Collection

Circle of Andrea Soldi

Portraits of John and Phoebe Booth, Glendon Hall

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May 22, 04:37 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from an Important Southern Collection

Circle of Andrea Soldi

Portraits of John and Phoebe Booth, Glendon Hall


oil on canvas, a pair

each canvas: 23 ⅛ by 19 ⅞ in.; 58.7 by 50.5 cm

each framed: 29 ¼ by 25 ¼ in.; 74.2 by 64.1 cm

Probably commissioned from the artist by the sitters, John Booth (1721-1786) and Phoebe Wilkinson Booth (d. circa 1764), Glendon Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire;

Thence by descent and inheritance to Mrs. Vincent Gompertz, of Glendon Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire;

By whom sold ("The Property of Mrs. Vincent Gompertz, of Glendon Hall, Kettering"), London, Christie's, 22 May 1953, lot 71 (as J. E. Liotard);

Where acquired by "Harper" for 42 gns.;

Miss D. P. Nisbert;

By whom sold ("The Property of Miss D. P. Nisbert (Removed from Glendon Hall, Kettering)"), Sotheby’s, London, March 21 1962, lot 45 (as Liotard);

Where acquired by W. M. Sabin;

Bob Jones University Collection, Greenville, South Carolina, by October 1969;

From where acquired by Bob Jones Jr., 1978;

Thence by inheritance to the present collectors.