British School, 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman with an Open Manuscript

Description:

British School, 18th Century

Portrait of a Gentleman with an Open Manuscript
Unsigned, identified on an auction label (see below) affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, minor retouch, small paint loss u.c.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Friday October 20, 2000, Mercer House, Savannah: The Collection of The Late James A. Williams, Sale 7527, Lot 265; to a private Rhode Isalnd collection.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Frame with a label from E. Remy, Chelsea (London) on the reverse.

Handwritten label on the reverse is very faded, although it mentions an "A. Jonniaux" which may refer to Alfred Jonniaux (Danish, 1882-1974) and seems to reference a portrait of a woman, which may have occupied this frame at one time.

The stretcher is further inscribed "Williams/1972/Savannah" in pencil.


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