Lot 162
- 162
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. 1723-1792
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
- Portrait of Margaret Scott, later Lady Montgomery
- oil on canvas, in a painted oval
Half length, wearing a cream dress, and a blue, ermine-trimmed cloak
Provenance
F. Dent;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 15th November 1959, lot 105;
With Newhouse Galleries, New York;
Harold Zellerbach, by whom given to the California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco;
Anon. sale, Christie's, 11th June 1999, lot 51
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 15th November 1959, lot 105;
With Newhouse Galleries, New York;
Harold Zellerbach, by whom given to the California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco;
Anon. sale, Christie's, 11th June 1999, lot 51
Exhibited
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honour
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the daughter of Robert Scott, of Killearn, Stirling. She married Sir James Montgomery, 1st Bt., who served as Lord Advocate in Scotland in 1766. 𓃲; He also served as M.P. for Peebles in 1768 and served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland between 1775-81.