Lady Sophia Desart
Lady Sophia Desart

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Lady Sophia Desart,

1751

Allan Ramsay, British, 1713–1784
y1982-80

Information

Title
Lady Sophia Desart
Dates

1751

Maker
Allan Ramsay
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 64 cm (30 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.) frame: 92.3 x 79.6 x 5.7 cm (36 5/16 x 31 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph V. Quarles, Class of 1929, and Mrs. Quarles
Object Number
y1982-80
Signatures
Signed and dated, lower right: A. Ramsay / 1751
Culture
British
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
pearl, figures (representations), portraits, women

Thomas Freeman of Shirehampton (who married the niece of Sophia Desart); by descent to H. C. Freeman; Christie's, 23 April 1920 (lot 82, the pair as signed and dated 1752), bought Peacock, Scott & Fowles, New York; Z.G. Simmons, Greenwich, CT, 1931; J. V. Quarles, Greenwich, CT, by whom given to Museum in 1982.

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