Lot Essay
The sitter is thought to be the artist's mother.
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Portrait of a lady, seated half length, wearing a green dress and a ribbon bonnet with a looking glass
Details
Benjamin Duterrau (1767-1851)
Portrait of a lady, seated half length, wearing a green dress and a ribbon bonnet with a looking glass
signed with initials and dated 'BD. 1822' (lower right), chalked 'Suffolk St 1827' and inscribed '1822 May 29 June 12 -- 19 -- 29 ...' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
36 x 28in. (91.5 x 71cm.)
Portrait of a lady, seated half length, wearing a green dress and a ribbon bonnet with a looking glass
signed with initials and dated 'BD. 1822' (lower right), chalked 'Suffolk St 1827' and inscribed '1822 May 29 June 12 -- 19 -- 29 ...' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
36 x 28in. (91.5 x 71cm.)
Provenance
By direct descent through six generations of the artist's family.
Exhibited
London, Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street galleries, 1827.
Brought to you by
Amanda Fuller
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