1745 - 1806
British
Portrait of Anna Louisa Halsey
pastel on paper
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in, 59.7 x 44.5 cm
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CAD
Sold for: $4,375
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PROVENANCE
Commissioned by the family of the subject, United Kingdom
By descent to the present Private Collection, Victoria
LITERATURE
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, Online Edition,updated 2019, reproduced, catalogue #J.64.1723
EXHIBITED
Royal Academy, London, the Twentieth Exhibition, 1788, exhibited as Portrait of a Young Lady with a Squirrel, catalogue #444
A copy of the listing in the Royal Academy exhibition catalogue is included with this lot.
On verso is a label from J. Pasler Printseller, Dealer in Works of Art, 9 King Street, Covent Garden London, W.C., likely the framer of this piece.
The subject in the image is the consignor's great-great grandmother. It has been passed down through generations and brought to Canada in the 1920s.
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