Live Auction 6337Stephane Boudin at 5 Belgrave Square, Les Objets de l'Empire & Mount Kennedy, Ireland. Three Private Collections
Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Lot 306

Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.

Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, white smock and spectacles

Closed16 March 2012

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GBP 3,500

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Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, white smock and spectacles
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 25 3/8 in. (77.2 x 64.5 cm.)

Said to have been painted for the Rev. William Mason, by whom left to his successor in the living at Aston,
Rev. Christopher Alderson, and by descent to his son,
Rev. William Alderson, and by inheritance to his brother-in-law,
Edward S. Walker.
Earl of Iveagh.
A.E. Guinness, by whose Trustees sold privately through Agnew's on 19 October 1953 to
Senator E.A. Maguire.
Gerald Archdale, 1973.

Specialist note

This portrait relates to Reynolds' Self-Portrait of circa 1788, which was given to George IV in 1812 by Reynolds' niece, Mary Palmer, Marchioness of Thomond (The Royal Collection, London).