LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

32.87 in. (83.50 cm.) (height) by 27.95 in. (71.00 cm.) (width)

Condition:

unlined

Literature:

R. Steele,. 'The Tatler', vol. 4, in . British Classics , J. Sharpe (ed.), London 1804, pp. 203-07, reproduced no. 233;. A. Earland, . Opie and his Circle , London 1911, pp. 330-31

Provenance:

George Rush, Esq. (d. 1851), Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, before 1807;. By whom gifted to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clarke;. Thence by inheritance to Mrs. Forbes, Brighton;. Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 28 January 1911, lot 102, for £1;. Mrs. P. Churchill, Burnicombe House, Scarborough;. By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 18 June 1931, lot 65, for £6 to Hoffman