15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1178
*Ferrers (18th Century)
Portrait of a young gentleman, half-length, wearing a velvet jacket decorated with fine gold buttons with a white lace cravat and a powdered wig
Signed and dated 1757, oil on canvas, 62cm by 51.5cm
Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600
Old reline. The surface is somewhat flattened and the paint is thin in places as a result of the restoration process. Covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Stretcher shadow. Relatively minor rubbing and abrasions to edges. L-shaped abrasion/damage within the background in line with approx central point of gentlemen's wig, left-hand side and roughly 3cm on each length with associated retouches. Small loss with damage and old retouches within background approx his right-hand side shoulder height. Further small losses and likley retouches to his right-hand side armpit area. Small circular push amrk / abrasion approx 2cm from lower edge and 15cm from left-hand side edge. Numerous relatively mild surface scuff marks and imperfections consistent with age and lack of intervention for some time. Some of the listed and more notable condition issues and those listed, see images. Small amount of transferred gilt paint in vertical arrangement along right hand side edge adding to general imperfect surface, likley retouch to lower forehead between eyebrows etc.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Jul, 2023
The British, European and Sporting Art Sale at Tennants Auctioneers will see a fine equestrian portrait of ‘Lady Caroline Held by a Groom, Newmarket’ attributed to Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) go under the hammer. It will be joined by notable lots from the Estate of Martin & Felicity Mackintosh of Harrogate, including a rich and plentiful still life of game, fruit and flowers by Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), and further works by the likes of Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt from the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria. Other notable lots include Montague Dawson's “HMS Amethyst running the Yangtse Gauntlet, 30th July 1949”.
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