Lot 28
Richard Buckner (1812-1883)
Lot 28 Details
Richard Buckner (1812-1883), British
SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, CIRCA 1840
Oil on canvas, painted in the oval on a rectangular stretcher; signed lower right, titled to a gallery document dated 1985 in ink affixed to the verso, signed by the Alan Jacobs Gallery, Ltd., London, UK.
Framed.
Oval 21.25 ins x 17.5 ins; 54 cms x 44.5 cms; On 22.5 ins x 18.5 ins; 57.2 cms x 47 cms; Framed 28.3 ins x 24.5 ins; 71.9 cms x 62.2 cms
Estimate $700-$900
Additional Images
Provenance:
W. Wingate & Johnston (Fine Art Limited), UK label inscribed: "Portrait by R. Buckner / V.3" verso;
Alan Jacobs Gallery Ltd., London with their letterhead adhered to the verso as "Self-Portrait of the Artist" headed "For Lloyd G. Morrow Esq." in 1985;
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
The gallery document verso reads: "This is an historically important work by Richard Buckner, probably dating from the 1840s. Bucker exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy and was noted for his Society Portraits often on the Grand Scale".