Live Auction 7962Old Master & British Paintings
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1840 London)
Lot 61

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1840 London)

Portrait of Mrs Henry Ker-Seymer (b. 1779), half-length, seated, in a white dress, her left arm resting on an orange mantle

Closed14 April 2011

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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1840 London)
Portrait of Mrs Henry Ker-Seymer (b. 1779), half-length, seated, in a white dress, her left arm resting on an orange mantle
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

(Probably) Blakeslee sale; Mendelssohn Hall, New York, 6 April 1905.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Frederick Sassoon (d. 1917), and by inheritance to the present owner.

Specialist note

Harriet, daughter of Peter Beckford of Stepleton House, Dorset, author of Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, married her neighbour Henry Seymer, later Ker-Seymer, of Hansford House. This portrait had evidently been begun before 14 February 1806, when 18 pounds and 8 shillings of the price of 35 guineas was outstanding.