Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2554BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 09, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Circle of John Hoppner, R.A. (British, 1758-1810)
Portrait of Lady Mackintosh
Unsigned, with a canvas stencil from Winsor & Newton, London,
on the reverse and a similar incised stamp from Winsor & Newton on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Surface grime, subtle canvas rippling, mild craquelure, stretcher marks.
Provenance: By direct descent through five generations of the Wedgwood family.
N.B. A typed history of the provenance of the portrait accompanies the lot.
Estimate $4,000-6,000