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Portrait of Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), half-length, in a black jacket and white shirt, at a writing desk
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Dorothy Tennant (1855-1926)
Portrait of Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), half-length, in a black jacket and white shirt, at a writing desk
signed and dated 'Dorothy Tennant/1883' (lower right) and inscribed 'Not for Sale/Portrait of Gambetta/Miss Dorothy Tennant/2 Richmond T.' and 'This was the noblest Roman of them/all:/..... and the elements/So mixed in him , that nature might/stand up,/and say the the world/This was a man!/(Julius Cesar)' (on labels attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
17½ x 13½ in. (44.4 x 34.3 cm.)
and a portrait, and an oil sketch of A. Coquelin
three in the lot (3)
Portrait of Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), half-length, in a black jacket and white shirt, at a writing desk
signed and dated 'Dorothy Tennant/1883' (lower right) and inscribed 'Not for Sale/Portrait of Gambetta/Miss Dorothy Tennant/2 Richmond T.' and 'This was the noblest Roman of them/all:/..... and the elements/So mixed in him , that nature might/stand up,/and say the the world/This was a man!/(Julius Cesar)' (on labels attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
17½ x 13½ in. (44.4 x 34.3 cm.)
and a portrait, and an oil sketch of A. Coquelin
three in the lot (3)
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