Attributed to Mather Brown Portrait of General Sir George Eliott, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar, circa 1790 Portrait of General Sir George Eliott, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar, circa 1790 Oil on canvas 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches Provenance: A. Yakovleff, London, circa 1950 (purchased as a work by John Singleton Copley) Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, circa 1961 (by exchange) Unspecified dealer, England Lee B. Anderson, New York, by 1967 (Included as a work by John Singleton Copley in a checklist of the Collection of Lee B. Anderson provided to the Inventory of American Paintings, Washington, DC in 1967) Literature: Dorinda Evans, Mather Brown Early American Artist in England, Middletown, CT, 1980, pp. 81-2, 211, illus. fig. 65 Previously attributed to John Singleton Copley the present work is thought to be a preliminary oil sketch for a full-length composition, General George Elliott, 1790, oil on canvas, 98 3/16 x 64 3/8 inches (Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Listed as unlocated in her book, with incorrect dimensions, Dr. Evans writes, "A small, apparently preliminary, oil sketch for the full-length work, 12 inches by 9 inches (fig. 65), also exists and, although it is in very poor condition, it shows that Brown once intended to have Heathfield's feet spread wider apart and his right arm farther away from his body in a more aggressive posture. The large version was probably based on both this study and the surviving, finished portrayal of Heathfield's head." (D. Evans, Mather Brown Early American Artist in England, Middletown, CT, 1980, pp. 81-2.) She further comments, "Having only seen a photograph, and a poor one at that, I hesitate over this attribution more than over any other in the catalogue. This study appears to be closely related to Brown's full-length of Heathfield and yet not a copy after it." (D. Evans, p. 211.) C Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation
Old glue lining. Dense varnish layer makes it difficult to detect earlier restoration. Few small touches of inpaint on surface, including a fine vertical stroke about 1 1/2 inches long by left edge, center.
Attributed to Mather Brown Portrait of General Sir George Eliott, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar, circa 1790 Portrait of General Sir George Eliott, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar, circa 1790 Oil on canvas 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches Provenance: A. Yakovleff, London, circa 1950 (purchased as a work by John Singleton Copley) Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, circa 1961 (by exchange) Unspecified dealer, England Lee B. Anderson, New York, by 1967 (Included as a work by John Singleton Copley in a checklist of the Collection of Lee B. Anderson provided to the Inventory of American Paintings, Washington, DC in 1967) Literature: Dorinda Evans, Mather Brown Early American Artist in England, Middletown, CT, 1980, pp. 81-2, 211, illus. fig. 65 Previously attributed to John Singleton Copley the present work is thought to be a preliminary oil sketch for a full-length composition, General George Elliott, 1790, oil on canvas, 98 3/16 x 64 3/8 inches (Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Listed as unlocated in her book, with incorrect dimensions, Dr. Evans writes, "A small, apparently preliminary, oil sketch for the full-length work, 12 inches by 9 inches (fig. 65), also exists and, although it is in very poor condition, it shows that Brown once intended to have Heathfield's feet spread wider apart and his right arm farther away from his body in a more aggressive posture. The large version was probably based on both this study and the surviving, finished portrayal of Heathfield's head." (D. Evans, Mather Brown Early American Artist in England, Middletown, CT, 1980, pp. 81-2.) She further comments, "Having only seen a photograph, and a poor one at that, I hesitate over this attribution more than over any other in the catalogue. This study appears to be closely related to Brown's full-length of Heathfield and yet not a copy after it." (D. Evans, p. 211.) C Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation
Old glue lining. Dense varnish layer makes it difficult to detect earlier restoration. Few small touches of inpaint on surface, including a fine vertical stroke about 1 1/2 inches long by left edge, center.
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