SAMUEL DE WILDE (BRITISH, 1751-1832)
Mrs Pope as Zara in Mourning Bride
oil on canvas
36.5 x 28.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 21st June 1994, lot 37 (as a part lot with another portrait and catalogued as Mrs Siddons in a tragic pose);
Private collection, UK
Footnote
For an engraving of the same image by J Thornthwaite after this original work by de Wilde, see V&A, Accession No. S.1929-2013.
Mrs Elizabeth Pope (nee Younge) (1740-1797) was an English actress specialising in Shakespearean roles.
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£1,000 - £2,000
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Hammer price:
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£4,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report
Canvas relined; light surface dirt and a few traces of craquelure mainly to the background; tiny fleck of paint loss, lower left. Ultraviolet reveals traces of retouching to the pillar and touches to the sitter's face however an opaque varnish prevents further reading. Held in a plaster gilt frame with some losses to the mouldings.
