William Beechey
Portrait of Thomas Lowndes, full-length, in a black coat and breeches
1823238.4 x 146 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed with initials and dated, on rock, lower left: WB. 1823
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018
Provenance
Presumably the sitter, Thomas Lowndes, Barrington Hall, Harlow, Essex
With Ehrich Galleries, New York, where acquired by
Mrs Whitelaw Reid, Ophir Hall, New York, by whose executors offered
Sale, American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Ophir Hall, New York, 14-18 May 1935, nr. 1192
Mr Ogden Reid, New York
Acquired by the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA, in 1952, by whom offered
Sale, Christie's, London, 16 November 1990, lot 16
With Julian Simon Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 72
Other works by William Beechey
Portrait of George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, K.T. (1761-1827)
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a lady, said to be Mrs Daniel Raymond Barker
Portrait of an officer, bust-length, in uniform
Portrait of a gentleman