15th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

Townhouse & Country House

 
  Lot 577
 

577

^ A Capala (19th century) Italian

Portrait of Augusta Gordon, three quarter length wearing a white dress and holding her sketchbook

Signed, inscribed "Roma" and dated ( obscured by the frame), oil on canvas, 78cm dia. (oval)

Contained in a decorative gesso and gilt frame

Augusta Gordon (née Bolton) born in 1828 in Ontario, Canada. Married Colonel ECA Gordon and lived in Izmir, Turkey. Her daughter, Ann, married Frederick Heneage and their son, Sir Arthur Heneage, was the grandfather of the present vendor

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

In an overall good and original state of preservation covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. The varnish has also deteriorated and has an opaque quality in parts. Varying-sized cracquelure throughout some of which is more crazed and separated, notably across her right cheek, forehead and nose, through large parts of her white gown and also the background including one or two patches of lightly applied bitumem mostly within the background.

Lot 577 - ^ A Capala (19th century) Italian Portrait of...

 


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Auction: Townhouse & Country House, 15th Jan, 2022

To include selected contents from North Carlton Old Hall, Lincolnshire, as instructed by the executors of the late Mr & Mrs Peter Heneage, these items will be denoted with a ^ symbol throughout the catalogue. The sale offers an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items.

Items on Day Two will be sold in two salerooms running concurrently, both beginning at 9.30am:

Part II - Lots 500 onwards 

Part III - Lots 1000 onwards 

Please note you will be required to pay for and collect your items by Thursday 20th January, unless by prior arrangement. Collections are by appointment from Monday-Friday 8.30am - 5pm. To make an appointment call 01969 623780 or email reception@tennants-ltd.co.uk

 

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