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CHINESE SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY, AFTER HENRY
ROBERT MORLAND
The Fair Nun Unmasked
reverse painting on glass
oval
14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.3cm.) including frame
in the original giltwood frame
£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-9,900
€6,800-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 31 Oct. 1986, lot 78.

After the mezzotint frst published by Carington Bowles, London,
1769. Morland's original picture of c.1769 is at Temple Newsam
House, Leeds Museums and Galleries. For a discussion of Morland's
'Fancy dress' portrait, see Helena Davis, 'The Fair Nun Unmasked',
Leeds Art Calendar, 1979, no.85.

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CHINESE SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A Lady in Mourning by a funereal urn
reverse painting on glass
circular
12ºin. (31.1cm.) diameter
in the original giltwood frame
£4,000-6,000 US$5,000-7,400
€4,600-6,800
PROVENANCE:
with Childs Gallery, Boston, June 1987.