Lot 131
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Circle of Daniel Gardner (Kendal c.1750-1805 London)
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Circle of Daniel Gardner (Kendal c.1750-1805 London)

Portrait of Elizabeth Elstone, bust-length, in a yellow dress and turban

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Circle of Daniel Gardner (Kendal c.1750-1805 London)
Portrait of Elizabeth Elstone, bust-length, in a yellow dress and turban
with inscription '[Elizabe]th Elstone of Bath, Samuel Holdworth ..q Elstone Cliff -/..[ag]ed 17 Feb: 1826 aged 74' (on an old partially concealed handwritten label on reverse of the canvas reline)
oil on canvas
22½ x 15½ in. (57.3 x 39.5 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The present portrait is datable to c.1769, according to the old handwritten label on the reverse, which states that the sitter, Elizabeth Elstone of Bath, was seventeen when she sat to the artist, and aged seventy-four in 1826 (presumably when the label was written).

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