Lot 137Y
24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £660 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAlexander Gallaway (Scottish, fl.c.1794-1812)
A Gentleman, wearing dark grey coat, white waistcoat and tied cravat, his hair powdered and worn en queue.
Signed on obverse with initials and dated AG/ 1799 and in full on reverse A. Gallaway/ pinxt 1799/ No.1369, ebonised wood frame with inner gilded mount.
Oval, 74mm (2 15/16in) high
Provenance: Acquired at Sloan's, July 5 1987, during the deacquisition at the Museum of American Art, Washington
Signed on obverse with initials and dated AG/ 1799 and in full on reverse A. Gallaway/ pinxt 1799/ No.1369, ebonised wood frame with inner gilded mount.
Oval, 74mm (2 15/16in) high
Provenance: Acquired at Sloan's, July 5 1987, during the deacquisition at the Museum of American Art, Washington