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No. 328 (July 1920)
DOI Artikel:The Glen-Coats Collection
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21360#0169
THE GLEN-COATS COLLECTION
ON the second of this month there was
sold at Messrs. Christie's a collection
of pictures from the London residence of
Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, Bart. These
pictures included some portraits of the
Early English School and an interesting
series of modern French and Dutch
paintings. If somewhat restricted as
regards numbers, the quality of many of
the works was such as to give distinction
to the collection and to reveal the sound
judgment of the owner. Of the portraits
the most important, as well as the most
arresting, was Raeburn's Sarah, second
wife of General Norman McLeod of McLeod,
and daughter of N. Stackhouse, of Bombay
(p. 165). This canvas possesses charm and
beauty, and well displays the great Scottish
painter's keen perception of feminine
grace and character and his admirable tech-
nique. The modelling of the features and
general brushwork may lack the precise
square touch of some of his later portraits,
but he has expressed, with keen and com-
prehensive vision and masterly reticence,
the quiet beauty and dignity of his sitter.
This delightful example of Raeburn’s art
was at one time in the collection at Dun-
vegan Castle, and was exhibited at the
French Gallery, London, in 1911. 0
Included in the five works ascribed to
Reynolds were three portraits of Miss
Theophila Palmer (afterwards Mrs. Gwat-
kin), second daughter of John Palmer, of
Torrington. Romney's portrait of Miss
Frances Elizabeth Sage, the only daughter
of Isaac Sage, was painted for her uncle,
Dr. Whalley, of Mendip Lodge, Somerset,
and remained in the family until nearly the
end of the nineteenth century. Mention
should also be made of Hoppner's portrait
of the Hon. Mrs. Augustus Phipps, in a
brown dress, with gauze scarf. She was
the eldest daughter of Peter Thellusson, of
Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire, and married
the Hon. Augustus Phipps, the younger
son of the first Baron Mulgrave, in 1792.
She died in 1834. This portrait was ex-
hibited at Burlington House in 1912. 0
Two well-known works by Wilkie,
The Cottar's Saturday Night and The Bride
at her Toilet on the Day of her Wedding,
showed the Scottish painter's competent
draughtsmanship, happy sense of com-
position, and skill in the portrayal of the
life and character of his country. Amongst
the remaining works by British artists was a
drawing by Fred Walker of his famous
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LXXIX. No. 328.—July 1920
ON the second of this month there was
sold at Messrs. Christie's a collection
of pictures from the London residence of
Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, Bart. These
pictures included some portraits of the
Early English School and an interesting
series of modern French and Dutch
paintings. If somewhat restricted as
regards numbers, the quality of many of
the works was such as to give distinction
to the collection and to reveal the sound
judgment of the owner. Of the portraits
the most important, as well as the most
arresting, was Raeburn's Sarah, second
wife of General Norman McLeod of McLeod,
and daughter of N. Stackhouse, of Bombay
(p. 165). This canvas possesses charm and
beauty, and well displays the great Scottish
painter's keen perception of feminine
grace and character and his admirable tech-
nique. The modelling of the features and
general brushwork may lack the precise
square touch of some of his later portraits,
but he has expressed, with keen and com-
prehensive vision and masterly reticence,
the quiet beauty and dignity of his sitter.
This delightful example of Raeburn’s art
was at one time in the collection at Dun-
vegan Castle, and was exhibited at the
French Gallery, London, in 1911. 0
Included in the five works ascribed to
Reynolds were three portraits of Miss
Theophila Palmer (afterwards Mrs. Gwat-
kin), second daughter of John Palmer, of
Torrington. Romney's portrait of Miss
Frances Elizabeth Sage, the only daughter
of Isaac Sage, was painted for her uncle,
Dr. Whalley, of Mendip Lodge, Somerset,
and remained in the family until nearly the
end of the nineteenth century. Mention
should also be made of Hoppner's portrait
of the Hon. Mrs. Augustus Phipps, in a
brown dress, with gauze scarf. She was
the eldest daughter of Peter Thellusson, of
Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire, and married
the Hon. Augustus Phipps, the younger
son of the first Baron Mulgrave, in 1792.
She died in 1834. This portrait was ex-
hibited at Burlington House in 1912. 0
Two well-known works by Wilkie,
The Cottar's Saturday Night and The Bride
at her Toilet on the Day of her Wedding,
showed the Scottish painter's competent
draughtsmanship, happy sense of com-
position, and skill in the portrayal of the
life and character of his country. Amongst
the remaining works by British artists was a
drawing by Fred Walker of his famous
'THE RIVER. 7 BY
C. F. DAUBIGNY
163
LXXIX. No. 328.—July 1920