Lot Essay
The present picture is a copy of a detail of Salmon Fishing on Loch Awe by John Hollins and Frederick Richard Lee (Exhibited, London, Royal Academy, 1854, no572) which hangs in the Billiard Room at Althorp.
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Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, K.G. (1798-1857), fishing on Loch Awe, Argyllshire
Details
George Dodson Tomlinson (1809-1884), after John Hollins, A.R.A. and Frederick Richard Lee, R.A.
Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, K.G. (1798-1857), fishing on Loch Awe, Argyllshire
inscribed 'Fred Earl Spencer K G/G.D. Tomlinson pc/1838/a copy from oil painting by Lee/Hollins at Althorp of the River Awe/Argyllshire- for Adelaide Countess Spencer/who left it to her step daughter Sarah Spencer Oct 1877'(on the reverse)
oil on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.3 cm.)
Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, K.G. (1798-1857), fishing on Loch Awe, Argyllshire
inscribed 'Fred Earl Spencer K G/G.D. Tomlinson pc/1838/a copy from oil painting by Lee/Hollins at Althorp of the River Awe/Argyllshire- for Adelaide Countess Spencer/who left it to her step daughter Sarah Spencer Oct 1877'(on the reverse)
oil on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.3 cm.)
Provenance
Adelaide Seymour, Countess Spencer (1825-1877), 2nd wife of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857), and by descent to her step-daughter Lady Sarah Spencer (1838-1919) probably at 28 St. James's Place, and by descent to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer, by whom removed to Althorp, Northamptonshire in 1923.
Christie's The Althrop Sale, including the Spencer Carriages, 7th/8th July 2010, lot 277
Christie's The Althrop Sale, including the Spencer Carriages, 7th/8th July 2010, lot 277
Literature
K. J. Garlick, The Walpole Society 'A Catalogue of Pictures at Althorp', vol. 45, 1974-76, p.83, no. 646.
Special notice
From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot.