Lot Essay
The sitter was the eldest daughter of John Cornwall of Hendon House, Middlesex. On 14 June 1783 she married Sir John Simeon Bt. (1756-1824) of Walliscot, Oxfordshire.
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Portrait of Rebecca, Lady Simeon (d.1830), half-length, in a white dress and fur wrap, a wooded landscape beyond
Details
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London)
Portrait of Rebecca, Lady Simeon (d.1830), half-length, in a white dress and fur wrap, a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. (77 x 64 cm.)
Portrait of Rebecca, Lady Simeon (d.1830), half-length, in a white dress and fur wrap, a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. (77 x 64 cm.)
Provenance
B descent in the sitter's family to Laura, Lady Simeon; Christie's, London, 4 July 1919, lot 35 (2,400gns. to the following);
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, 1921, from whom acquired by
Horace Trumbauer, New York.
with French & Co., New York, 1955.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1999, lot 67 (£32,200).
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, 1921, from whom acquired by
Horace Trumbauer, New York.
with French & Co., New York, 1955.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1999, lot 67 (£32,200).
Literature
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p. 58.
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the paintings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1962-1964, p. 177.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, pp. 265-6, no. 718.
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the paintings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1962-1964, p. 177.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, pp. 265-6, no. 718.
Exhibited
Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Sir Thomas Lawrence as Painter and Collector, 1955, no. 26.