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English, Continental & American Fine Art, Furniture and Decorations

Sat, Apr 30, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 1, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 399

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE WATSON (1767-1837): PORTRAIT OF A LADY, SAID TO BE PEGGY SIMPSON

Estimate: $1,000 - $3,000
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Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined. 30 x 25 in., 37 x 32 in. (frame).Literature: Scottish Painters at Home and Abroad, 1700-1900, pp. 215-16, illust. no. 80.Provenance: Marquis of Stafford (Irwin, p. 216); sold Sotheby's, NY, June 7, 1978, lot 241.