Live Auction 8012Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of The Late Dr. Tony Ryan
John Wollaston (c. 1672-1749)
Lot 106

John Wollaston (c. 1672-1749)

Portrait of Mary Thomas, second wife of Philip Bartholomew (d. 1775), three-quarter-length, in a pink dress with a lace collar and sleeves, seated in an interior, holding an open book in her left hand

Closed14 July 2011

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GBP 3,750

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John Wollaston (c. 1672-1749)
Portrait of Mary Thomas, second wife of Philip Bartholomew (d. 1775), three-quarter-length, in a pink dress with a lace collar and sleeves, seated in an interior, holding an open book in her left hand
signed and dated 'Wollaston Pt. 1740' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50¼ x 40½ in. (127.5 x 102.8 cm.)

Probably Philip Bartholomew (d. 1757), Oxon Hoath, Hadlow, Kent and by descent to
William Geary (d. 1825), son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary (d. 1796) and Mary Bartholomew and by descent in the family until sold with the house in 1945 to
Lord Falmouth, until sold with the house in 1952 to
The late Henry Bayne-Powell; sold Christie's South Kensington house sale, 22 September 1999, lot 555 (part).