There were also two notable half-length portraits: a likeness of a prosperous and respectable-looking Mr Robertson by Sir Henry Raeburn, 2ft 4in x 2ft (75 x 62cm) at £13,000 and a more romantic portrait of a young man in a high white cravat with flowing auburn locks by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The auctioneers had originally taken this to be Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Bt, the distinguished statesman and scholar.
They later revised their identification to Sir George Cornewall, 3rd Bt, but Lawrence's dashing brushwork nevertheless carried it past its top estimate to £32,000.
Both portraits had been bought from Leger in July 1947.
Far from his snowy fells, Farquharson sells at £17,000 on his break by sea
PAINTINGS offered at Lyon & Turnbull’s (17.5% buyer's premium) July 21 Jordantone dispersal were mostly comfortable furnishing pictures of some quality including this uncharacteristic Joseph Farquharson oil, right, entitled Fisherwoman on a Deserted Sandy Beach. Very different from the artist’s trademark mix of sheep, heather and swirling snow, the 22in x 3ft (55x 91cm) image of a solitary figure walking barefoot on the shimmering sand went to a private buyer at £17,000.