Lot Essay
Anne Gillison was the daughter of Ambrose Gillison. On her brother William's death in 1780 she inherited his estate at Melling, near Hinkley Lonsdale, Lancashire.
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
George Romney* (1734-1802)
Details
George Romney* (1734-1802)
Portrait of Anne Gillison, seated three-quarter length in a landscape, her left arm leaning on a stone ledge
oil on canvas
50 x 40in. (127 x 101.6cm.)
Portrait of Anne Gillison, seated three-quarter length in a landscape, her left arm leaning on a stone ledge
oil on canvas
50 x 40in. (127 x 101.6cm.)
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to Mrs B.N.G. Staynes; (+) Sotheby's, London, March 8, 1989, lot 39.