Lot Essay
This portrait relates to Reynolds' Self-Portrait of circa 1788, which was given to George IV in 1812 by Reynolds' niece, Mary Palmer, Marchioness of Thomond (The Royal Collection, London).
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Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, white smock and spectacles
Details
Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, white smock and spectacles
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 25 3/8 in. (77.2 x 64.5 cm.)
Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, white smock and spectacles
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 25 3/8 in. (77.2 x 64.5 cm.)
Provenance
Said to have been painted for the Rev. William Mason, by whom left to his successor in the living at Aston,
Rev. Christopher Alderson, and by descent to his son,
Rev. William Alderson, and by inheritance to his brother-in-law,
Edward S. Walker.
Earl of Iveagh.
A.E. Guinness, by whose Trustees sold privately through Agnew's on 19 October 1953 to
Senator E.A. Maguire.
Gerald Archdale, 1973.
Rev. Christopher Alderson, and by descent to his son,
Rev. William Alderson, and by inheritance to his brother-in-law,
Edward S. Walker.
Earl of Iveagh.
A.E. Guinness, by whose Trustees sold privately through Agnew's on 19 October 1953 to
Senator E.A. Maguire.
Gerald Archdale, 1973.
Literature
Agnew's, Picture Stockbook, no. 4.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, pp. 51-2, no. 22l, under no. 22.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, pp. 51-2, no. 22l, under no. 22.
Exhibited
Dublin, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Exhibition of Paintings from Irish Collections, 20 May-25 August 1957, no. 147.
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