Lot 158: Attributed to William Grimaldi (British, 1751-1830)

William Croughton (1757-1827) and his wife, Sarah Croughton née Curteis (1763-1827); the former, seated at a table on a red upholstered chair, wearing blue double-breasted coat over black trousers, white waistcoat, frilled chemise, stock and cravat, a quill in his right hand; the latter, seated on a red upholstered chair, wearing pale blue dress with crenellated lace trim, white fill-in, cream shawl edged with embroidery draped about her, multi-stranded pearl necklace, her dark hair curled in ringlets beneath a white bonnet, holding a book in her right hand, her left arm resting on a table beside her (the latter cracked). Gilded composition frames with foliate and rocaille decoration. Rectangular, 137mm (5 3/8in) high (2) Provenance: Christie's, London, 18 December 1979, lot 77.