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George Chinnery, British 1774-1852-  Portrait of Margaret Sophia Wood and her sister Mary,...

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Lot 163

George Chinnery, 
British 1774-1852- 
Portrait of Margaret Sophia Wood and her sister Mary,...

Price Realised: £9,840

Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 163

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George Chinnery, 
British 1774-1852- 

Portrait of Margaret Sophia Wood and her sister Mary, full-length, seated in a landscape, wearing white dresses and coral necklaces; 

oil on canvas, 127.2 x 101.6 cm. 

Provenance: 
By descent to Margaret Wood's grandson, Basil Wood Bourne, Leintwardine, Shropshire, by 1957. 
Anon. sale, Christie's, Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 1229, where purchased by the present owner. 
Private Collection, UK. 

Exhibited: 
London, Arts Council Gallery, George Chinnery: 1774-1852, 21 August - 21 September 1957, no. 7. 

Note: 
Chinnery travelled to Chennai (Madras) in 1802, and from there to Kolkata (Calcutta), where he established himself as the pre-eminent portraitist of the British community in India, before moving to Macau, where he was based between 1825 until his death in 1852. 
The present portrait appears to have been painted between 1812 and 1825, during the artist's time in Calcutta, as it depicts Margaret Sophia Wood (1810-1899) and her sister Mary (1811-1858), the daughters of Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Wood, nee Templeton, (1789-1879) and Henry Wood (1782-1871), who were based in Calcutta until 1829. The latter's portraits were sold at Bonhams, London, on 3 November 2015 (lot 50), and depict the present sitters' mother, Margaret Elizabeth, wearing a white dress and coral necklace, matching that of her daughters. 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.
(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

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