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Auction archive: Lot number 9

after Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830)

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$900
Auction archive: Lot number 9

after Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830)

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$900
Beschreibung:

Mrs. Siddons oil on canvas unsigned framed ca. 1800 24.5 x 27.75 in. (sight); 31.75 x 35 in. (frame) A favorite subject of Lawrence's, Mrs. Sarah Siddons was a well-known British actress in the late 1700's. Lawrence's reputation was forever tainted by his affairs with both of Sarah's daughters, Sally and Maria. At the start of the 20th century, the scandal was rekindled when his correspondences with the Siddons were published in An Artist's Love Story: Told in the Letters of Sir Thomas Lawrence Mrs. Siddons, and Her Daughters by Oswald Knapp. Condition: Trimmed and re-lined, craquelure. For condition inquiries please contact cleveland@cowans.com. Please note that a condition report is only an opinion, given as a courtesy, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Cowan's Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Mrs. Siddons oil on canvas unsigned framed ca. 1800 24.5 x 27.75 in. (sight); 31.75 x 35 in. (frame) A favorite subject of Lawrence's, Mrs. Sarah Siddons was a well-known British actress in the late 1700's. Lawrence's reputation was forever tainted by his affairs with both of Sarah's daughters, Sally and Maria. At the start of the 20th century, the scandal was rekindled when his correspondences with the Siddons were published in An Artist's Love Story: Told in the Letters of Sir Thomas Lawrence Mrs. Siddons, and Her Daughters by Oswald Knapp. Condition: Trimmed and re-lined, craquelure. For condition inquiries please contact cleveland@cowans.com. Please note that a condition report is only an opinion, given as a courtesy, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Cowan's Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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