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Fine Art & Decorative Works, Day 2

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Sep 14, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 409

Manner of John Alexander

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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(British, 1690-1765) John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (1626-1675) in Armour, within a feigned oval, possibly 18th or early 19th century, signed lower right "Alexr. Pinxit 1739", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; gilt wood and composition frame with label for "James & John Hay..Aberdeen", lined with paste and linen, restretched on 19th century stretcher, crackle, flaking, yellowed varnish, retouch, abrasions; frame with abrasions. Notes: The composition of this painting is similar to late 18th/early 19th century mezzotint of Viscount Mordaunt by Robert Dunkarton (1744-1811).. Provenance: Estate of Johnsie Bason Burnham; by descent

Condition

lined with paste and linen, restretched on 19th century stretcher, crackle, flaking, yellowed varnish, retouch, abrasions; frame with abrasions