Portrait of Mrs Henry Stephen, half-length, seated, in a black dress and feathered white hat, in a landscape

Details

John Linnell (1792-1882)
Portrait of Mrs Henry Stephen, half-length, seated, in a black dress and feathered white hat, in a landscape
signed and dated 'J LINNELL.F 1830' (lower right) and with inscription and date 'The Portrait of Mrs Henry Stephen Kensington Gore painted from the life by John Linnell 1829'(on the reverse)
oil on panel with the stamp of R. Davy
10 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (26.5 x 21.3 cm.)

Provenance

with Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London.

Literature

D. Linnell, Blake, Palmer, Linnell & Co. The life of John Linnell, Lewes, 1994, p. 377.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was wife of Henry John Stephen (1787-1864), a well-known lawyer and brother of Sir George Stephen (1794-1879), a barrister, whose portrait Linnell had painted in 1827. Linnell visited Henry Stephen at the beginning of November and began a portrait of his wife on 6 November. He was dissatisfied with this and began a second portrait, the present picture, on 12 November for an agreed price of £25, which was delivered to Henry Stephen on 30 January 1830.
We are grateful to David Linnell for his assistance in the preparation of this catalogue entry.

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