Francis Hayman (Exeter 1708-1776 London) A Seated Portrait of Elizabeth Barber wearing a Blue Dress and a white Lace Bonnet, Holding a Needle and Thread and seated beneath a Tree with a Landscape Beyond oil on canvas 24 ins x 20 ins in carved giltwood frame Exhibited: Agnews
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Francis Hayman, R.A. (Exeter 1708-1776 London)
Portrait of Elizabeth Barber, full-length, seated, in a blue dress and white cap, holding a spinning bobbin
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm (24 x 20 1/16in).
Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    By descent in the sitter's family to their great-granddaughter, Miss A.M. Pewtress
    Sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1987, lot 35
    Sale, Phillips, London, 10 July 1990, lot 45
    Sale, Christie's, London, 12 April 1991, lot 18, with companion (see our lot 12)
    With Agnew's, London

    The sitter, the daughter of Bennett Barber of Hampton Wick, married Thomas Pewtress on 18 April 1752. She died at Northampton on 13 November 1786.

Category: Fine Art / Old Master Paintings

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