LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

37.00 in. (93.98 cm.) (height) by 28.25 in. (71.75 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed "Salazar pinxit" lower right, and inscribed on letter held by the sitter "To / Mrs. Ker. / at Greenock / from her Brother / R. Dow at N. Orleans / March 25, 1791", storage label of late 19th c. from "Mrs. A. G. Ker, Bucknell, Salop. [Shropshire]" en verso of stretcher

Provenance:

Probably a wedding present from the sitter to his favorite sister Ann Dow (1765-1822) and her husband Alan Ker (1761-1828), Greenock, Scotland; to their son, Robert Dow Ker (1793-1882); by direct descent from that godson of the sitter to Mrs. A. G. Ker, Shropshire; her heirs; Dreweatts, U.K., 2013.