Lot Essay
Robert Dundas was one of the principal clerks of the Court of Sessions in Scotland, made Baronet in 1821.
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Portrait of Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Bt., of Beechwood (1761-1825)
Details
Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1840 London)
Portrait of Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Bt., of Beechwood (1761-1825)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25½ in. (76.8 x 64.7 cm.)
Portrait of Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Bt., of Beechwood (1761-1825)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25½ in. (76.8 x 64.7 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Sir Thomas Lawrence sale (according to the Hutchinson sale catalogue of 1861).
Matthew Hutchinson, Blackheath; Christie's, London, 22 February 1861, lot 122, under 'Portraits by Sir T. Lawrence, purchased at his sale' (1 gn. to Wattlins (?).
Colonel Alexander Ridgeway, Sheplegh Court, Devon; Christie's, London, 14 January 1886, lot 108, as 'Sir T. Lawrence' (2 gns. to Parson).
Andrew K. Hichens, London, 1904.
The Woman's National Republican Club, New York; Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1979, lot 225.
Richard C. Edgeworth, Chicago, from whom purchased by the present owner, January 2001.
Matthew Hutchinson, Blackheath; Christie's, London, 22 February 1861, lot 122, under 'Portraits by Sir T. Lawrence, purchased at his sale' (1 gn. to Wattlins (?).
Colonel Alexander Ridgeway, Sheplegh Court, Devon; Christie's, London, 14 January 1886, lot 108, as 'Sir T. Lawrence' (2 gns. to Parson).
Andrew K. Hichens, London, 1904.
The Woman's National Republican Club, New York; Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1979, lot 225.
Richard C. Edgeworth, Chicago, from whom purchased by the present owner, January 2001.
Literature
W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London, 1913, p. 128.
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1964, p. 71.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 181, no. 259, as 'too loose or hasty to be entirely by Lawrence's hand.... if [it] is wholly or partly from the hand of an assistant he is not yet identified.'
K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1964, p. 71.
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 181, no. 259, as 'too loose or hasty to be entirely by Lawrence's hand.... if [it] is wholly or partly from the hand of an assistant he is not yet identified.'
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, National Portrait Exhibition, 1904, no. 102.
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