16th Jul, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European and Sporting Art
1120
Follower of Thomas Gainsborough RA, FRSA (1727-1788)
"Portrait of the Duke of York and his sister"
Inscribed to canvas verso "Painted by Gainsborough, portraits of the Duke of York and his sister, a cabinet specimen for a large picture for General Guise of the court of George 3", oil on canvas, 32cm by 20cm
Contained in an elaborate carved wood and gesso frame
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £300 - £500
Old reline, lightly cleaned and revarnished as parts of the canvas show signs of some surface abrasion/flattening and the paint is thin in places such as the background up and right of the standing young gentlemen, the horizontal masonry of the architectural portico, parts of the foreground etc. Now covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish, evidence of some minor and general rubbing to edges, slight stretcher shadow, pinholes to bottom corners. Some lightly fine retouching above the ladies right-hand, odd fine and essentially sporadic, vertical or horizontal retouch to parts of the portico upper section in general. Some possible strengthening to the definition and shadows to the gentlemen's left sleeve. Definition and shadows of his cape and further relatively minor areas of the background mostly right-hand side. The outline of the lady's face and definitions and shadows of the garment across her right arm also shows minor strengthening etc. Areas of fine stable cracquelure.
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Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 16th Jul, 2022
'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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Sunday 10 July 11am-4pm, Monday 11 July to Friday 15 July 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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