—S. and G., photo.
Sir Thomas Lawrence’s famous picture “Pinkie" (a portrait of Miss Mary Moulton Barrett) was knocked down to Sir Joseph Duveen (the well-known art dealer) for 74,000 guineas, after keen bidding. This is the largest sum ever paid for a portrait under the hammer, and it is interesting to record that £160 was all that Lawrence received for painting the picture.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 42
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64—S. and G., photo. Sir Thomas Lawrence’s famous picture “Pinkie" (a portrait of Miss Mary Moulton Barrett) was knocked down to Sir Joseph Duveen (the well-known art dealer) for 74,000 guineas, after keen bidding. This is the largest sum ever paid for a portrait under the hammer, and it is interesting to record that £160 was all that Lawrence received for painting the picture. Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 42
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