Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of William Lee of Austey, and inherited the estates of her uncle, John Pedley of Grosvenor Place, London, and Caddington Hill, Hertfordshire.
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Portrait of Miss Anne Lee, half-length, in a white dress, with a gold necklace and bracelets, pearls in her hair, a book in her right hand, in an interior
Details
Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of Miss Anne Lee, half-length, in a white dress, with a gold necklace and bracelets, pearls in her hair, a book in her right hand, in an interior
signed with monogram and dated 'WB / 1818' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36¼ x 28 1/8 in. (92 x 71.4 cm.)
Portrait of Miss Anne Lee, half-length, in a white dress, with a gold necklace and bracelets, pearls in her hair, a book in her right hand, in an interior
signed with monogram and dated 'WB / 1818' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36¼ x 28 1/8 in. (92 x 71.4 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Scrase-Dickins; Christie's, London, 12 June 1931, lot 52 (680 gns. to Mitchell).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1980, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1982, lot 46.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1980, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1982, lot 46.
Literature
W. Roberts, William Beechey, London, 1907. p. 247.
Special notice
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