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Hugh Douglas Hamilton RHA (1739-1808)
Estimate:
€500 - €700
Sold
€1,000
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
10 by 8.25in. (25.4 by 21cm)
Description
Title: MRS ELIZABETH GOLANEY [?], 1770
Note: Typed note verso read: "The identity of the sitter is uncertain although the inscription on the reverse of the drawing appears to read 'Elizabeth Dod... 1770. Only daughter to the Duke of...'. The inscription backboard seems to bear no relation to the name of the sitter."
Note: Typed note verso read: "The identity of the sitter is uncertain although the inscription on the reverse of the drawing appears to read 'Elizabeth Dod... 1770. Only daughter to the Duke of...'. The inscription backboard seems to bear no relation to the name of the sitter."
Medium
pastel; (oval)
Signature
titled on handwritten label on reverse; also with typed label verso regarding inscription to reverse of pastel
Provenance
Sotheby's, 24 November 1977, lot 132;
Private collection;
Sotheby's, 9 September 1998, lot 243;
Private collection
Literature
Jeffares, Neil, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 (Online Edition), 19 May 2018, pp.4-5 (illustrated)
