Lot Essay
Harriet Elizabeth Pevise was the daughter of Hery Pevise, M.P. for Northallerton, Yorkshire. She was the second wife of Sir J.P. Beresfort, Bt. Vice Admiral.
Details
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.* (1769-1830)
Portrait of Lady Beresford, seated half length, wearing a black dress decorated with a pink rose
oil on canvas
30½ x 25¼in. (77.5 x 64.2cm.)
Portrait of Lady Beresford, seated half length, wearing a black dress decorated with a pink rose
oil on canvas
30½ x 25¼in. (77.5 x 64.2cm.)
Provenance
Sir Walter Armstrong, London, 1903.
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1904.
George G. Gould, New York, and by descent.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 19, 1980, lot 48 as attributed to Lawrence.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, June 7, 1984, lot 102 as Lawrence.
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1904.
George G. Gould, New York, and by descent.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 19, 1980, lot 48 as attributed to Lawrence.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, June 7, 1984, lot 102 as Lawrence.
Literature
R. Sutherland-Gower, Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1900, p. 111.
Sir Walter Armstrong, Lawrence, 1913, p. 140 (mis-catalogued as The Honourable Mrs. Thomas Hope).
A. Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813-1912, 1913, II, p. 660.
K. Garlick, A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Sir Thomas Lawrence (Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX), 1964, p. 34.
Sir Walter Armstrong, Lawrence, 1913, p. 140 (mis-catalogued as The Honourable Mrs. Thomas Hope).
A. Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813-1912, 1913, II, p. 660.
K. Garlick, A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Sir Thomas Lawrence (Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX), 1964, p. 34.
Exhibited
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ninth Annual Exhibition on behalf of the Artist General Benevolent Institution, Nov. 1903, no. 3.
Engraved
Thomas Hodgetts.