Lot Essay
A note on the reverse of the frame indicates that the American Mr W. R. Lawrence was portrayed by Saint in Paris in 1831.
Mr W. R. Lawrence of Stockton, Massachusetts, in a landscape, full face in brown coat, white waistcoat and black cravat; sky, sea and castle background
Details
DANIEL SAINT (1778-1847)
Mr W. R. Lawrence of Stockton, Massachusetts, in a landscape, full face in brown coat, white waistcoat and black cravat; sky, sea and castle background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-right)
oval, 3¾ in. (95 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette and leaf border within a rectangular veneered fruitwood frame
Mr W. R. Lawrence of Stockton, Massachusetts, in a landscape, full face in brown coat, white waistcoat and black cravat; sky, sea and castle background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-right)
oval, 3¾ in. (95 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette and leaf border within a rectangular veneered fruitwood frame
Provenance
Sold in November 1969 by Compars to E. Grosvenor Paine.
Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection, New Orleans, inv. no. 61.
Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection, New Orleans, inv. no. 61.
Special notice
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