19th Mar, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Spring Sale (Day One)

 
Lot 364
 

364

~ Circle of Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838-1904) Portrait of Eleanor ( 1844 - 1927) nee Stone and

~ Circle of Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838-1904) Portrait of Eleanor ( 1844 - 1927) nee Stone and wife of Justinian Edwards-Heathcote, full length, standing in an interior, wearing an elegant white and powder blue dress exuberantly decorated with flowers and bows Oil on canvas, 196cm by 120cm See illustration

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000


 

In fully restored condition, relined, cleaned and re-varnished. The surface is somewhat flattened by a relatively stiff reline and areas of original impasto are now lacking in integrity. Small area c. 2in. of missing paint to upper right hand corner and also left hand side middle edge of a similar size. There is an obscured indistinct signature to lower right hand corner. Otherwise in a stable state of preservation. Not examined with a UV light.

 


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Auction: Spring Sale (Day One), 19th Mar, 2021

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