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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)
Lot 198

Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)

Portrait of Miss Hadfield, full-length, in a white dress with a blue ribbon and hat, with a spaniel in a park landscape

Closed3 December 2014

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GBP 41,250

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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of Miss Hadfield, full-length, in a white dress with a blue ribbon and hat, with a spaniel in a park landscape
oil on canvas
94¼ x 58¼ in. (239.5 x 148 cm.)

Acquired from F.B. Henson for £1,200, by the following,
Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Lord Burton (1837-1909), by 1896, by whom hung in the Morning Room at Rangemore Hall, Burton-on-Trent, and by descent to,
The Right Hon. Baroness Burton, Needwood House, Burton-on-Trent; Christie's, London, 4 May 1951, lot 44 (170 gns. to Valero).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2003, lot 255 ($33,600), when acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Roberts notes that the sitter in this portrait is 'probably Amelia Caroline, daughter of General White, and wife of Joseph Hadfield, Esq., of Broad Street, London a merchant to whom she was married at Low Layton, Essex, on June 16, 1795' (loc. cit.).