Lot Essay
Dorothy Smith (1727-1756) married The Hon. John Barry (b.1725) in 1746 beginning the Smith-Barry line.
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CIRCLE OF HERMAN VAN DER MIJN (AMSTERDAM 1684-1741 LONDON)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Dorothy (1727-1756), wife of the Hon. John Smith-Barry, half-length, in a black dress with pink gauze sleeves and rosette, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
in a carved and gilded 18th century English frame, with inventory number 'B323' (on the reverse of the frame); and inscribed '3 days 4 hours' (on the stretcher)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Dorothy (1727-1756), wife of the Hon. John Smith-Barry, half-length, in a black dress with pink gauze sleeves and rosette, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
in a carved and gilded 18th century English frame, with inventory number 'B323' (on the reverse of the frame); and inscribed '3 days 4 hours' (on the stretcher)
Provenance
The Hon. John Smith-Barry, Marbury Hall, Cheshire, and Fota House, Fota Island, County Cork, Ireland (presumably collection number 323) and then by descent through Sir Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry (1843-1925).
The Old Priory, Woodchester, Gloucestershire.
The Old Priory, Woodchester, Gloucestershire.
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