Lot 249
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ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)
ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)
ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)
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ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Eva Maria Garrick (1724-1822), bust-length, in an orange dress, a fine lace cap and fichu and orange blossom, in a feigned oval

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ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Eva Maria Garrick (1724-1822), bust-length, in an orange dress, a fine lace cap and fichu and orange blossom, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
22 x 17 3/8 in. (55.8 x 44.1 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) David Garrick (1717-1779), Hampton; his sale (†), Messrs. Burrell & Sons, on the premises, 21 July 1823, lot 12 (sold with lot 11), as 'A painting. Portrait of Mrs. Garrick'.
with Henry Graves & Co, London, no. 2779, (according to a label on the reverse).
with Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, London, (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 March 1990, lot 51.

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Lot Essay

This portrait purportedly depicts the Viennese dancer Eva-Maria Veigel (1725-1822), known as Violetti, who married the actor David Garrick (1717-1779) on 22 June 1749, having emigrated to London in 1746. Her patron was Dorothy Boyle, wife of the 3rd Earl of Burlington, who initially discouraged the match as she believed Garrick to be beneath Eva-Maria.

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