John Westbrooke Chandler

Lot 286: * JOHN WESTBROOKE CHANDLER, R.A. 1764-1804/5 EDINBURGH

Name: * JOHN WESTBROOKE CHANDLER, R.A. 1764-1804/5 EDINBURGH
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 3nowlx5004

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USD

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMay 27, 2004

Item Overview

Description

oil on canvas

Dimensions

77 3/4 by 59in.; 197.5 by 149.7cm

Artist or Maker

John Westbrooke Chandler

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1787, no. 384.

Literature

E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris 1976, vol. 2, p. 657;
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris 1999, vol. 3, p. 468.

Provenance

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Anonymous sale, New York, February 17, 1944;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, July 6, 1983, lot 241;
With Richard Feigen, New York;
From whom purchased by the present collector.

Notes

Chandler was the natural son of the 2nd Earl of Warwick. He developed a style similar to Hoppner and Romney. Three of his portraits are at Eton College.

Auction Details

British Pictures and Sporting Art

Sotheby's

May 27, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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