Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background
Details
SIR WILLIAM JOHN NEWTON (BRITISH, 1785-1869)
Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background
signed and dated on the obverse 'Newton 1820.' (lower right) and signed, dated and inscribed in full on the backing-paper 'Portrait of Lady Struth Wm. J. Newton. Pinxit. 8 Argyll St. 1820'
rectangular, 6 x 4 3/8 in. (153 x 112 mm.)
Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background
signed and dated on the obverse 'Newton 1820.' (lower right) and signed, dated and inscribed in full on the backing-paper 'Portrait of Lady Struth W
rectangular, 6 x 4 3/8 in. (153 x 112 mm.)
Provenance
Katharina von Schratt (1855-1940) and other owners; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 21-25 November 1950, lot 719.
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