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Lot 80

CIRCLE OF GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802) A portrait of a lady gazing to the heavens

traditionally identified as the actress Harriet Powell as Leonora Carrington in "The Padlock", oil on canvas, 60cm x 45cm, in an associated Kentian giltwood frame with projecting ears containing stylised flowerheads and a "sanded" ground within gadrooned and "egg and dart" borders

Provenance: From the Estate of the late Rufus Eyre, Esq.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer price: £2,800
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Canvas relined, craquelure throughout, UV light showing up two probable puncture repairs to the top of the sitter’s hair and a third to the upper right corner, over painting visible throughout consistent with the craquelure and probably done at the time of the relining. Frame with minor losses

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