Portrait of a Lady with her Daughter before a Landscape

Details

John Hoppner, R.A.* (1758-1810)
Portrait of a Lady with her Daughter before a Landscape
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25in. (76.9 x 63.5cm.)

Provenance

possibly Anthony Bathe and by descent to Mr. Ellis M. Watson, Hertfordshire, England.

Lot Essay

Sold with a photocopy of a letter, dated August 1935, from W. Roberts in which he confirms the attribution and suggests that the lady in the present work may be Phoebe Wright whom the artist married in 1781.