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THOMAS LAWRENCE Richard Hart-Davis, M.P. Oil on

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:22,000.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
THOMAS LAWRENCE Richard Hart-Davis, M.P. Oil on
<B>SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (British, 1769-1830)</B></I><BR><I>Richard Hart-Davis, M.P.</B></I>, 1815<I> </B></I><BR>Oil on canvas<BR>31-1/2 x 25 inches (80.0 x 63.5 cm)<BR> <BR>PROVENANCE:<BR>Richard Hart-Davis, and thence by descent in the family;<BR>Edward Foster, Esq., Twickenham;<BR>Ehrich-Newhouse Galleries, New York, New York (by 1935);<BR>Private collection, Kansas (purchased from the above on November 16, 1935);<BR>Alan Barnes Fine Art, Dallas (2006).<BR><BR>EXHIBITED:<BR>Royal Academy, 1815, no. 276;<BR>British Institution, 1830, no. 45;<BR>British Institution, 1833, no. 7;<BR>International Exhibition, 1862, no. 178;<BR>Royal Academy, 1871, no. 33 (loaned by Vaughan Davis).<BR><BR>LITERATURE:<BR>Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, <I>Sir Thomas Lawrence</B></I>, Goupil and Co., London/Paris/New York, 1900, p. 122.<BR>Sir Walter Armstrong, <I>Lawrence</B></I>, Meuthuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1913, p.126;<BR>Kenneth Garlick, <I>Sir Thomas Lawrence. A Complete Catalogue of Oil Paintings</B></I>, Phaidon, Oxford, 1989, cat. no. 391 (ill.), p. 206.<BR><BR>Richard Hart Davis (1766-1842), art patron and friend of Sir Thomas Lawrence, was the third son of Henry Davis of Bristol and his second wife, Marianna, only daughter and heiress of Major Hart-Davis of Grantham, County Lincolnshire. He was M.P. for Colchester (1807-12), and for Bristol in six consecutive parliaments (1812-31). He was also a merchant active in trade with the West Indies. <BR><BR>Richard Hart-Davis formed a very fine collection of paintings which became the nucleus of the Leigh Court Collection of Sir Charles Miles, dispersed in 1899.<BR><BR>In addition to this widely-exhibited portrait of Richard Hart-Davis which remained in the sitter's family for over a century, Lawrence also painted Hart-Davis' daughter Louisa, son Hart, and daughter-in-law Charlotte in 1824, 1809 and after 1820, respectively. This portrait of Richard Hart-Davis was engraved by W. Sharp in 1816.<B>Condition Report:</B> Canvas has been relined, 2 x 1/2 inch area of strengthening below the collar of his shirt, otherwise good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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