Lot Essay
Dorothea Gwladys Tombs (1870-1920), daughter of Maj.-General Sir Henry Tombs, V.C., married Charles Butler, later 7th Earl of Lanesborough (1865-1929), in January 1891.
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Portrait of Miss Dorothea Gwladys Tombs, later Lady Butler
Details
Archibald James Stuart Wortley (1849-1905)
Portrait of Miss Dorothea Gwladys Tombs, later Lady Butler
signed with monogram and dated '1889' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (104.8 x 69.8 cm.)
Portrait of Miss Dorothea Gwladys Tombs, later Lady Butler
signed with monogram and dated '1889' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (104.8 x 69.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 12 December 1978, lot 195.
with Christopher Wood Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 28.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1989, lot 228.
with Christopher Wood Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 28.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1989, lot 228.
Literature
H. Blackburn, Grosvenor Notes, 1889, illustrated p. 14.
Exhibited
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1889, no. 37.
London, Christopher Wood, Recent Acquisitions, Spring 1979.
London, Christopher Wood, Recent Acquisitions, Spring 1979.
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