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Sat, Dec 5, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 732

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
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$1,000 $100
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(British, 1769-1830)Portrait of Edward Morris, in a brown coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat (G. 579), circa 1805, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25-1/2 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 39-1/4 x 34-1/2 in.Exhibited: Newhouse Galleries, New York, The Tarkington Collection, 1948, No. 14.Literature:ÿGarlick, Kenneth, and Thomas Lawrence.ÿSir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings.ÿOxford: Phaidon, 1989, no. 579. (facsimile of entry accompanies the lot)Catalog,ÿEuropean Art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1966, no. 119.ÿ - Provenance: Howard Young, New York, 1928; Robert G. Vose, Boston, Massachusetts, 1933; Booth Tarkington; bequeathed by Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, accession no. 49.11.42; Christie's London, June 8, 2006, Lot 31, sold for $13,200 with premium (accompanied by receipt and other documents); Private Collection

Condition

lined with wax and linen, crackle, retouch in mostly background and affecting approximately 10% of surface; frame with some wear and restorations
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