Edward Haytley

LOT 104 EDWARD HAYTLEY ACTIVE 1746-1761 PORTRAIT OF MADEMOISELLE VIOLETTE, LATER MRS. DAVID GARRICK oil on canvas 15,000—20,000 USD 13 1/2 by 11 1/2 in.; 34.3 by 29.2 cm. PROVENANCE Possibly Earl of Mornington;Possibly his sale, 10 June 1822, lot 200;Possibly The Earl of Dinsmore, 1879;Possibly Dr. Edward Hamilton, London, 1891;Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.;His sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 29-30 April 1960, lot176 (as by William Hogarth) to Lock Gallery;Charles Cushman, New York;With Victor Spark, New York;Mr. and Mrs. Horace Graham, Poughkeepsie, 1984;Anonymous sale, Portland, Maine, Barridoff Galleries, 5 August1998, lot 77. EXHIBITED Possibly The South Kensington Museum, 1879 (lent by the Earl ofDinsmore);Possibly London, The New Gallery, 1890-91, no. 308 (lent by Dr.Edward Hamilton). LITERATURE AND REFERENCES A. Dobson and Sir W. Armstrong, William Hogarth , London1902, p. 179 (as by Hogarth);A. Dobson, William Hogarth , London 1907, p. 212 (as byHogarth);A. Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813-1912 , London1913, p. 530, cat. no. 308;L. Kirstein, Movement and Metaphor. Four Centuries ofBallet, New York 1970, p. 264, no. 201, reprocduced, p. 109 (asattributed to Hogarth); 2nd ed., as Four Centuries of Ballet.Fifty Masterworks , Mineola, New York 1984. CATALOGUE NOTE This charming portrait depicts Eva Maria Veigel, an Austriandancer whose stage name was Mademoiselle Violette. Upon her arrivalin England early in 1746, she was taken up by the Burlingtons, withwhom she came to live in Burlington House. When the great Englishactor, David Garrick, entered her life and began to court her, theBurlingtons were fiercely opposed. Over their objections, shemarried Garrick shortly after this portrait was painted, on 22 June1749, when the London Evening Post (of 20-22 June) describedher as "a beautiful lady, with a Fortune of £10,000." By allaccounts, the marriage was extremely happy. Himself a great loverof the ballet, Garrick made radical reforms in theater practicethat also influenced the dance. The sitter's identity, as indicatedon the original frame, is further confirmed by comparison of herphysiognomy with that of Mrs. Garrick seen in The Actor Garrickand his Wife of 1757 by William Hogarth in the Windsor RoyalCollections, St. James's Palace. A virtually identical version of the present painting was soldin New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1979, lot 110 (as SpanishSchool, 18th Century). The existence of this second version, nowuntraced, renders the early provenance and exhibtion history of ourpainting uncertain.1 1. The provenance for this painting given in the 1979 auctioncatalogue is: Dr. Edward Hamilton, London (1891); Mrs. Fellows,Onslow Gardens, London; and Charles M. Johnson, Pennsylvania, fromwhose estate the picture was sold at Sotheby's. This charming portrait depicts Eva Maria Veigel, an Austriandancer whose stage name was Mademoiselle Violette. Upon her arrivalin England early in 1746, she was taken up by the Burlingtons, withwhom she came to live in Burlington House. When the great Englishactor, David Garrick, entered her life and began to court her, theBurlingtons were fiercely opposed. Over their objections, shemarried Garrick shortly after this portrait was painted, on 22 June1749, when the London Evening Post (of 20-22 June) describedher as "a beautiful lady, with a Fortune of £10,000." By allaccounts, the marriage was extremely happy. Himself a great loverof the ballet, Garrick made radical reforms in theater practicethat also influenced the dance. The sitter's identity, as indicatedon the original frame, is further confirmed by comparison of herphysiognomy with that of Mrs. Garrick seen in The Actor Garrickand his Wife of 1757 by William Hogarth in the Windsor RoyalCollections, St. James's Palace. A virtually identical version of the present painting was soldin New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1979, lot 110 (as SpanishSchool, 18th Century). The existence of this second version, nowuntraced, renders the early provenance and exhibtion history of ourpainting uncertain.1 1. The provenance for this painting given in the 1979 auctioncatalogue is: Dr. Edward Hamilton, London (1891); Mrs. Fellows,Onslow Gardens, London; and Charles M. Johnson, Pennsylvania, fromwhose estate the picture was sold at Sotheby's.

EDWARD HAYTLEY (FL. 1740-1761) PORTRAIT OF JOHN MANNERS, MARQUIS OF GRANBY, IN MASQUERADE HUSSAR'SCOSTUME, WITH A SPANIEL AT HIS SIDE, BY A COLUMN IN A LANDSCAPEWITH BELVOIR CASTLE BEYOND Signed and dated 'Edw Haytley/1751' (lower left) Oil on canvas 20 x 13 7/8 in. (50.8 x 35.3 cm.) Lot Notes This portrait depicts the famous commander John, Marquis ofGranby (d.1770) shortly after his marriage to Lady Frances Seymourin 1750. Commander- in-Chief of British forces under PrinceFerdinand of Brunswick in Germany and Master-General of theOrdnance, in July 1760 at the Battle of Warburg during the sevenYears War, he famously led the British Cavalry against the French -losing his hat and wig in the process. His glistening bald pateproviding a beacon for his men, he gave rise to the saying 'Goingfor it Bald Headed'. Passionate about the welfare of his soldiers,he established as innkeepers those of his non-commissioned officerswho were wounded or disabled - accounting for the extensive numberof 'Marquis of Granby' pubs that survive.

provenance with arthur ackermann & son, london; from whom purchased by the present owner.

edward haytley fl.1740-1761 portrait of dr john derrington full length, standing by a monument with an inscription in greek to hippocrates, wearing a blue suit, a springer spaniel at his feet oil on canvas 77 by 54cm., 30 1/2 by 21in.