George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire 1734-1802 Kendal, Cumbria)

Portrait of Lady Laetitia à Court, half-length, in a white muslin dress with satin bows

Details

George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire 1734-1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
Portrait of Lady Laetitia à Court, half-length, in a white muslin dress with satin bows
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

By descent within the family of the sitter to Sir William Henry Ashe à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809-1891), by whom sold to
Mrs. Ismay.
with Agnew's, London.
with Newhouse Gallery, New York (according to a photo in the Frick Art Reference Library).

Literature

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, New York, 1904, II, p. 1.

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Lot Essay

Laetitia (d. 1821) was the daughter of Henry Wyndham, Esq. of Salisbury, and married Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court (c. 1747-1816) on 30 October 1777. Sir William was M.P. for Heytesbury and was created a baronet in 1795. Several sittings for Romney are recorded in April and May of 1786.

We are grateful to Alex Kidson for his assitance in cataloguing this lot. Dr. Kidson will include this painting in his forthcoming catalogue raisonée on the artist.

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