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PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
Portrait of Henry Reade Revell (1767-1847), seated half-length, in a brown coat
Details
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
Portrait of Henry Reade Revell (1767-1847), seated half-length, in a brown coat
oil on canvas
30 1⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.5 x 63.7 cm.)
Portrait of Henry Reade Revell (1767-1847), seated half-length, in a brown coat
oil on canvas
30 1⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.5 x 63.7 cm.)
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to the seller at the following,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1927, lot 90, as 'J. Hoppner, R.A.', where acquired for 240 gns. by the following,
with Leggatt Bros., London, as 'Sir Thomas Lawrence', from whom acquired by the grandfather of the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1927, lot 90, as 'J. Hoppner, R.A.', where acquired for 240 gns. by the following,
with Leggatt Bros., London, as 'Sir Thomas Lawrence', from whom acquired by the grandfather of the present owner.
Sale room notice
This seems likely to be the portrait of ‘Mr Read of Old Jewry’ listed by Walter Amstrong as a work of ‘circa 1787, for which Lawrence received 20gs’ (Lawrence, London, 1913, p. 159).
The sitter may be Henry Reade Revell’s father, John Reade (c.1733-1823).
The sitter may be Henry Reade Revell’s father, John Reade (c.1733-1823).
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Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale