LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

unframed: 107.2 x 101.7 cm.; 42¼ x 40¼ in. The canvas is lined and the paint surface is slightly dirty with a clear and even varnish. There are scattered surface scuff marks visible as well as scattered tiny spots of discoloured retouching in the background. Inspection under ultraviolet light is impeded by the opaque varnish. The painting is in overall good condition.

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated lower right: Ao: 1739 / J. Fayram; and inscribed lower left: The Honorble / Capten William Hervey

Condition:

unframed: 107.2 x 101.7 cm.; 42¼ x 40¼ in. The canvas is lined and the paint surface is slightly dirty with a clear and even varnish. There are scattered surface scuff marks visible as well as scattered tiny spots of discoloured retouching in the background. Inspection under ultraviolet light is impeded by the opaque varnish. The painting is in overall good condition.

Literature:

E. Waterhouse, British 18th Century Painters. Dictionary of British Art, vol. II, p. 123, reproduced.

Provenance:

Sloane Stanley (according to a label on the reverse); Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 February 1949, lot. 47, for £10–10s. to Appleby; In the present collection for two generations.