LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (width)

Condition:

in a period carved giltwood frame

Literature:

T. Tuohy, . A catalogue of the pictures at Canford Manor in the possession of Lord Wimborne, Canford Manor 1888, p. 87, cat. no. 208 (incorrectly catalogued as anonymous artist and as a Portrait of Laurence Sterne);. R. Berman, . From Roanoke to Raleigh: Freemasonry in North Carolina, 1730-1800, Oxfordshire 2018, reproduced on the cover

Provenance:

Probably Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, of Dowlais, Glamorgan (1785-1852), Grand Master of South Wales (1836-1848);. Thence by descent to Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (1835-1914), Freemason;. Thence by descent to Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939), Freemason and first cousin of Winston Churchill;. His sale, London, Christie's, 9 March 1923, lot 64, to Collings (as. Portrait of a Gentleman, Said to Be Lawrence Sterne, in a green coat and vest );. With Louis Morant, London;. With Kirkham & Hall Gallery, New York;. Private collection, Long Island, New York