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December 11, 2012

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LOT 99

Lot 99

Daniel MacNee (1806-1882)

Daniel MacNee (1806-1882)
Lot 99 Details
Daniel MacNee (1806-1882), Scottish

PORTRAIT OF HUGH COWAN, BANKER IN AYR (1796-1883), MARRIED ELIZA, DAUGHTER OF PETER MCTAGGART, MERCHANT IN AYR

Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1871 lower right, titled to labels verso
56" x 44" — 142.2 x 111.8 cm.

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $3,740
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Property of Hugh Francis Cowan; Elizabeth Ann Cowan and Georgian Cowan grandchildren of the sitter

Note:

Another portrait of the sitter by Daniel MacNee hangs in the McLaughlin Museum in Ayr, Scotland. The painting is a full-length study of the sitter, Hugh Cowan, in the interior of the artist’s studio.

CONDITION DETAILS

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