Lot 478
Lot 478
CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOGARTH (LONDON 1697-1764)

A man seated at a table writing, traditionally identified as Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

Price Realised GBP 2,250
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GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
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CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOGARTH (LONDON 1697-1764)

A man seated at a table writing, traditionally identified as Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

Price Realised GBP 2,250
Price Realised GBP 2,250
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CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOGARTH (LONDON 1697-1764)
A man seated at a table writing, traditionally identified as Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
oil on canvas
13 x 16 in. (33 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
James Thomson Gubson-Craig (1799-1886), Edinburgh (according to a label on the reverse).
Studley Martin (b. 1811), Liverpool, by 1867.
Samuel Mason Hutchinson, Liverpool, and by inheritence to his daughter,
Phoebe Mason Eshelby, and inheritence to her daughter,
Primula Mary Eshelby (1927-2020), Minehead, Somerset, later Mrs Keith Bull, Kingston, Ontario, and by descent to the following,
Anonymous sale; Waddington's, Toronto, 15 June 2010, lot 53, as 'Attributed to William Hogarth'.
with Daniel Hunt Fine Art, London, February 2011, where acquired by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, The South Kensington Museum, The Second Exhibtion of National Portraits, commencing with the Reign of William and Mary and ending with the year MDCCC, 1 May-31 August 1867, no. 374, as 'William Hogarth'.
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