PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WHITE (1758-1806), THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS HOLDING A PLUMED BLUE HAT IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND CHERRIES IN HIS LEFT-HAND, IN A LANDSCAPE

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GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802)
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WHITE (1758-1806), THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS HOLDING A PLUMED BLUE HAT IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND CHERRIES IN HIS LEFT-HAND, IN A LANDSCAPE
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29¾ X 25¼ IN. (75.6 X 64.2 CM.)

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BY INHERITANCE IN THE FAMILY OF THE SITTER.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ESTIMATE ON THIS LOT IS £7-10,000, AND NOT AS STATED IN THE CATALOGUE.

拍品專文

WILLIAM WHITE (1758-1806) WAS THE SON OF HENRY WHITE, A LIVERPOOL BASED MERCHANT, AND HIS WIFE MARY, DAUGHTER OF JOHN CAWTHORNE. HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER RICHARD WHITE (D. 1703) WAS VICAR OF WHALLEY, LANCASHIRE. HE WAS BAPTISED ON 14 DECEMBER 1758 AND FOLLOWED HIS GRANDFATHER INTO THE CHURCH BECOMING VICAR OF ST. MARY'S, LANCASTER.

THIS PORTRAIT WOULD APPEAR TO DATE FROM CIRCA 1761-2.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALEXANDER KIDSON AND DR. MARY BURKETT FOR THEIR HELP IN CATALOGUING THIS PORTRAIT.