Live Auction 11977Old Master and British Paintings
Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)
Lot 126

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

Portrait of Miss Anne Lee, half-length, in a white dress, with a gold necklace and bracelets, pearls in her hair, a book in her right hand, in an interior

Closed28 April 2016

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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxfordshire 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of Miss Anne Lee, half-length, in a white dress, with a gold necklace and bracelets, pearls in her hair, a book in her right hand, in an interior
signed with monogram and dated 'WB / 1818' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36¼ x 28 1/8 in. (92 x 71.4 cm.)

Mrs. Scrase-Dickins; Christie's, London, 12 June 1931, lot 52 (680 gns. to Mitchell).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1980, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1982, lot 46.

Specialist note

The sitter was the daughter of William Lee of Austey, and inherited the estates of her uncle, John Pedley of Grosvenor Place, London, and Caddington Hill, Hertfordshire.