Portrait of Sir James Earle, half-length, seated, in a brown coat and striped waistcoat; and Portrait of Mary, Lady Earle, half-length, seated at a piano, in a white dress and a grey coat

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John Opie, R.A. (1761-1807)
Portrait of Sir James Earle, half-length, seated, in a brown coat and striped waistcoat; and Portrait of Mary, Lady Earle, half-length, seated at a piano, in a white dress and a grey coat
Lady Earle with identifying inscription (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76 x 63.5 cm.)
in the original carved and gilded frames, both with framer's label of Saunders, No.10 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square
a pair (2)

Provenance

By inheritance through the grandaughter of the sitters, Mrs. Belgrave, Preston Hall, Rutland, and by descent.

Literature

J.J. Rogers, Opie and His Works, London and Truro, 1878, p.245.

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Lot Essay

Sir James Earle (1755-1817), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Surgeon Extraordinary to King George III, married Mary, the daughter of Percival Pott, then surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Earle wrote the memoir of Percival Pott, prefixed to the three-volume octavo edition of Potts works published in 1790, and published a number of respected essays on clinical and surgical procedures. This portrait was painted when Sir James Earle was about 20 years old (J.J. Rogers, op. cit., p. 245.).

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