Live Auction 5660Old Master and British Paintings
James Northcote (Plymouth 1746 -1831)
Lot 141

James Northcote (Plymouth 1746 -1831)

A young lady in a green dress, seated in an interior, with ducks and guinea pigs

Closed30 October 2014

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GBP 6,875

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James Northcote (Plymouth 1746 -1831)
A young lady in a green dress, seated in an interior, with ducks and guinea pigs
signed and dated 'J. Northcote Pinx 1800' (lower left)
oil on canvas
37 ½ x 32 ½ in. (95.5 x 82.5 cm.)

James Daniell (active circa 1790 -1814);
His sale, London; Christie’s, 25 February 1809, lot 105, (18 gns. to Stevens);
Alexandre Boulogne (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Paris, Palais Galliera, 20-21 June 1966, lot 60, as 'La Jeune Fermiere'

Specialist note

James Daniell, the publisher and mezzotint engraver bought a series of pictures from Northcote in 1799-1801, the present picture being the most expensive, for which he paid 30 guineas on the 10th March 1801. The other pictures were the “Lion in Love”, “Vulture and Lamb”, “Tiger and Crocodile” and “Eagle, Fox and Pheasant” (numbers 350-353 in the Account Book).