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THE EARL OF LONSDALE K. G., 1931 Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941)
Signature: signed lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse; with partial framer's label also on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 26 x 16½in. (66.04 x 41.91cm) Provenance: Christie's, London, 6 March 1986, lot 51;Private collection Exhibited: 'Their Majesties' Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA', P&D Colnaghi & Co, London, 1932, catalogue no. 65, as Study for the Portrait of the Earl of Lonsdale KG (illustrated in catalogue) Literature: Anon, 'The Court at Buckingham Palace painted by Sir John Lavery', The Studio, vol 104, November 1932, p.271 (illustrated full page in colour);John Lavery, 'The Life of a Painter', 1940 (Cassell, p.176;Kenneth McConkey, 'Sir John Lavery', 1993, (Canongate), p.181-182;Kenneth McConkey, 'John Lavery, A Painter and his World', 2010 (Atelier Books), p.186 See PDF catalogue for a detailed note on this work. ... more