PORTRAIT OF A LADY, POSSIBLY MISS KELLY, HALF-LENGTH, IN A RED DRESS AND STRAW BONNET, A LANDSCAPE BEYOND

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AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY
Portrait of a lady, possibly Miss Kelly, half-length, in a red dress and straw bonnet, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Rt Hon. Countess of Carnarvon; Christie's, London, 22 May 1925, lot 70 (50 gns to Leggatt).

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Lot Essay

After the portrait in the Ascott Collection, referred to as 'A Lady, possibly Miss Kelly'. The Ascott Collection picture is said to have been bought in Ireland from a Mr James by Baron Lionel de Rothschild in 1873 and thence by descent.

A similar picture was catalogued as Miss Kelly by Sir Martin Archer-Shee and was with the Ehrich Galleries, New York in 1920.

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