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Lot 107

John Linnell, British 1792-1882-  Portrait of a lady, identified as Mrs Cherry, seated...

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Lot 107

John Linnell, 
British 1792-1882- 
Portrait of a lady, identified as Mrs Cherry, seated...

Starting Bid: £480

Estimate: £700 - £1,000

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Lot 107

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John Linnell, 
British 1792-1882- 

Portrait of a lady, identified as Mrs Cherry, seated half-length, wearing a white bonnet and a black dress with a white collar; 

oil on panel, inscribed (partially indistinctly) 'Portrait of Mrs Cherry ... London / Painted from the life by John Linnell of Bayswater [?] nr. London. / September 1839[?]' verso, bears label with hand-written Swedish inscription from 1939 attached verso, 38 x 30.1 cm. 

Note: 
Although now perhaps best-known for his dramatic and atmospheric landscapes, typically of the English countryside, Linnell initially established a reputation as a portraitist, and it is from his portraits that much of his fortune derived. The present work exhibits the tendencies which define Linnell's output in this realm, including the loose brushstrokes with which he evokes the fabric of the sitter's clothing, alongside the kindly expression and demeanour which he imparts to his subject. Linnell trained first under the eminent history painter Benjamin West (1738-1820), and then with John Varley (1778-1842). He was also closely associated with the artist Edward Thomas Daniell (1804-1842) and William Blake (1757-1827), to whom he acted as a close friend and patron. 

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