Live Auction 17185The Collector: European and English Furniture, Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures & Works of Art
Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Lot 216 PROPERTY OF THE LATE GEOFFREY AND THE HON. CAROLE LAWSON, STILEMANS, SURREY (LOTS 194 - 241)

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

Portrait of David Garrick, half-length, seated, in a brown coat and waistcoat

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GBP 3,750

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Follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Portrait of David Garrick, half-length, seated, in a brown coat and waistcoat
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
inscribed 'Prologue' (on the book)

(Possibly), Mrs Piozzi, Streatham Park, Surrey; Squibb, on the premises, 8 May 1816 (=1st day), lot 63, 183 gns. to the following,
Dr Charles Burney (1726-1814), and by decsent to,
Miss Burney; Christie's, London, 31 March 1922, lot 31, as 'Sir J. Reynolds', (609 gns. to Weston).
with S.R. Hibbard, London; Christie's, London, 9 March 1923, lot 132, as 'Sir J. Reynolds', 787 gns. to the following,
Sir James Roberts Bt. (1848-1935), The Hall, Fairlight; (†) Christie's, London, 20 March 1936, lot 75, with incorrect exhibition history, 267 gns. to the following,
with J. Mitchell, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 November 1972, lot 140, as 'Sir Joshua Reynolds', with incorrect exhibition history, where acquired by the late owner.

Specialist note


Executed circa 1775, and commonly known as The Prologue Portrait, the prime version is at Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent.