PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE CARLOS ETCHENIQUE LUKSIC (LOTS 95 - 114)

GEORGE ROMNEY (BRITISH, 1734-1802)

Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as 'Mr Scott' or 'Captain John Stables', seated three-quarter length, in red long-jacket, with feigned drape

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GEORGE ROMNEY (BRITISH, 1734-1802)
Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as 'Mr Scott' or 'Captain John Stables', seated three-quarter length, in red long-jacket, with feigned drape
oil on canvas
63 ½ x 54 in. (161.3 x 137.2 cm.)

Provenance

Probably with Agnew's London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London 23 November 1966, lot 71.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 June 1972, lot 107.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 October 1987, lot 5.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 10 July 1990, lot 48.

Literature

H. Ward & W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, London, 1904, II, p. 148.
A. Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London, 2015, II, p. 724, no. 1589, as 'Unknown man' or 'Mr Scott' or 'Captain John Stables'.

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Lot Essay

Traditionally identified as Captain Stables, or as Mr Scott in the files of Agnew's. More recent expertise suggests that this portrait could possibly be one of an intended pair of marriage portraits of Captain Stables following his marriage to Dorothy in 1773, however a later portrait of the Captain from 1777 bears little resemblance to the present sitter (Kidson, ibid., p. 724), so it is likely the actual sitter will remain unknown.

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