Property from a Midwestern Collection, Sold Without Reserve
French School, 18th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman, Formerly Identified as Richard Cumberland, with a Spaniel, Game Birds and a Gun
No reserve
Auction Closed
June 2, 05:22 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Midwestern Collection, Sold Without Reserve
French School, 18th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman, Formerly Identified as Richard Cumberland, with a Spaniel, Game Birds and a Gun
oil on canvas
canvas: 35 by 28 in.; 88.9 by 71.1 cm
framed: 42 ⅛ by 36 in.; 107 by 91.4 cm
Purchased in 1853 for Eliza Eldridge (née Hallett, 1828–1895), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, wife of Captain Asa P. Eldridge, by Commodore Vanderbilt, who had sailed to Europe earlier that year on the North Star, the ship commanded by her husband;
Thence by inheritance to her nephew, Dr. Clifton Ellis Wing (1848–1911), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts;
From whose estate acquired by Ross Maynard, for Shreve, Crump & Low, Co., Boston;
Mrs. Clara Ingalls, Boston, Massachusetts, by 1919;
Thence by descent in the family to a private collector;
By whom anonymously sold, New York, Sotheby's, 5 June 1986, lot 116 (as George Romney, Portrait of Richard Cumberland);
Where acquired by the present collector.