ALLAN RAMSAY | PORTRAIT OF JANE HALE, MRS. MADAN, THREE QUARTER LENGTH

Property from a Distinguished American Collection
ALLAN RAMSAY
Edinburgh 1713 - 1784 Dover
PORTRAIT OF JANE HALE, MRS. MADAN, THREE QUARTER LENGTH

signed and dated lower right: Ramsay 1746
oil on canvas
50 by 39⅞in.; 127 by 101.3 cm.

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Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

This work is in beautiful condition. The canvas has been lined with a traditional glue as an adhesive. The surface is attractive. The impasto in the jewelry remains well defined. The work shows no abrasion at all. The only retouches are applied in the face, neck, chest and hands addressing some cracking that has developed in the flesh color, and a few spots around the extreme edges. These retouches are very well applied, and the work should be hung as is.

"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

Provenance:
By descent in the family of the sitter to Mrs. Cholmely Hale, New England, Hertfordshire;

From whom acquired by Gooden & Fox, London, 1 June 1918;

From whom acquired by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, 21 June 1918;

Thence by descent in the Leverhulme collection, Thornton Manor, Wirral, Merseyside, hanging at The Hill and subsequently transferred to 39 Upper Brook Street;

By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 2001, lot 376;

There acquired.