Lot 7

ALLAN RAMSAY (SCOTTISH 1713-1784)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MRS ANNE SHAIRP OF HOUSTON

Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: 22 May 2014 at 19:30 BST
£43,250
Description
Inscribed verso 'Ann Scott of Harden, wife of Thomas Shairp of Houston', oil on canvas, feigned oval
Dimensions
76cm x 63cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Provenance:By family descent to John Shairp (d.1940)
Doig Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh 1942Gordon Small; Phillips, Edinburgh, 4 December 1998 (123)
Literature:Smart 1952, pp.56-7
Alastair Smart, Allan Ramsay - A complete catalogue of his paintings 1999, p.180, illustrated fig.367
