Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
Sir William Beechey, R.A.
Portrait of Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), half-length, wearing diplomatic uniform, with decorative gold frogging, holding a letter in his left hand
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
Sir William Beechey
Burford, Oxon 1753–1839 London
Portrait of Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), half-length, wearing diplomatic uniform, with decorative gold frogging, holding a letter in his left hand
oil on canvas
unframed: 90.2 x 69.9 cm.; 35½ x 27½ in.
framed: 109.9 x 89.9 cm.; 43¼ x 35⅜ in.
Commissioned from the artist by Lord Nelson (1758–1805);
By whom gifted to Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803);
Possibly anonymous sale, Vienna, Österreichischer Kunstverein, 24 October 1912, lot 13 (as William Beechey, Portrait of a clean–shaven elderly Statesman);
Walter Westfeld, Düsseldorf, 1938;
Private collection, Germany;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 June 2008, lot 82, for £103,250, sold pursuant to a settlement agreement with the heirs of Walter Westfeld;
Where acquired by the present owner.
W. Roberts, Sir William Beechey, R.A., London 1907, pp. 78 and 269;
J. Ingamells, Mid–Georgian Portraits 1760–1790, London 2004, p. 234, reproduced;
A. Kidson, 'Romney and Emma: Reciprocal Muses', in The Enchantress: Emma, Lady Hamilton. The Jean Kislak Collection, A. Dunkelman (ed.), exh. cat., New York 2011, pp. 30–31, reproduced in colour.
London, Royal Academy, 1802, no. 170;
New York, Grolier Club, The Enchantress, Emma, Lady Hamilton: The Jean Kislak Collection, 16 February – 30 April 2011.
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