Lot Essay
Garlick dates the present work to circa 1810-15.
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Portrait of William Dacres Adam, seated half-length, in a black coat, before a red curtain
Details
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A (Bristol 1769-1830 London)
Portrait of William Dacres Adam, seated half-length, in a black coat, before a red curtain
oil on canvas
29½ x 24½ in. (75 x 62.2 cm.)
Portrait of William Dacres Adam, seated half-length, in a black coat, before a red curtain
oil on canvas
29½ x 24½ in. (75 x 62.2 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter and by descent to
Mrs. Edmund Webb and thence by descent through her brother
Dacres Houghton Adams, to his son-in-law
C.L. Windebank; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 March 1982, lot 29.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 119 (£24,000 =$38,350).
Mrs. Edmund Webb and thence by descent through her brother
Dacres Houghton Adams, to his son-in-law
C.L. Windebank; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 March 1982, lot 29.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 119 (£24,000 =$38,350).
Literature
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p. 23.
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1964, p. 15.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 133, no. 12, illustrated.
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1964, p. 15.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 133, no. 12, illustrated.
Exhibited
Denver Art Museum, 600 Years of British Painting, The Berger Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1998-1999, pp. 151, 272, illustrated.