Attributed to Edward Penny, R.A. (British, 1714-1791)
Attributed to Edward Penny, R.A. (British, 1714-1791)

Portrait of Anne Calter in a white satin dress

Details
Attributed to Edward Penny, R.A. (British, 1714-1791)
Portrait of Anne Calter in a white satin dress
oil on canvas
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 March 1988, lot 174, as 'Attributed to Edward Haytley'.
Literature
R. Griffiths, The Life and Works of Edward Haytley, The Walpole Society, Vol LXXIV, 2012, pp. 43-44, no. R1, fig. 51 as 'Possibly Charles Philips (1708-47) or Edward Penny (1714-91)'.

Lot Essay

Griffiths suggests that the current work appears to be by the same hand as the painter of the portrait of Margaret Cavenidsh Harley, Duchess of Portland, which appeared in the Tate Gallery's Manners and Morals exhibition of 1987, no. 151, as attributed to Edward Penny. He suggests an attribution to Charles Phillips may also be plausible. (Ibid, p.43.)

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