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Lot 183

DANIEL GARDNER (1750-1805) A portrait of Frances Egerton

circa 1778, wearing a pearl grey dress with white lace apron and cuffs and a white bonnet, seated at a wool winder in a draped portico, a distant landscape beyond, pastel and bodycolour, 82cm x 61cm (oval)

Provenance: The Grey-Egerton Family, formerly of Oulton Hall.

Note: Frances Egerton was the daughter of the Rev. Philip Egerton (d. 1726) and the sister of John Egerton of Broxton, Cheshire.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
Hammer price: £700
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Literature: 'Sir Philip de Malpas, The descriptive catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Oulton Park, Cheshire, published 1864, page 48.

Originally listed as 'Mrs Puleston' but then included in the additions and corrections on page 102 as Frances Egerton.

There are signs of damp and a number of marks to the image. At least two holes towards the edges, probably worm or possibly pin holes. Slightly creased /warped. 

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