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...auction Saturday by Stair Galleries in Hudson, N.Y.—far above the auction house’s initial price estimate of $1,500 to $2,500. The painting is identical to Copley’s portrait of William Ponsonby, the second earl of Bessborough, according to an art professional who asked that his name not be printed to preserve his relationship with the auction house...
...mystery surrounds the Bessborough portrait as well. The University Art Museums Web site includes an entry for the work, though it does not list it as missing or stolen. But unlike 20 of the 23 other Copley paintings listed in Harvard’s collection, the University Art Museums Web site has no archived image of the Bessborough portrait...
...Bessborough, the subject of the portrait, was a Whig member of Parliament and a British government official in Ireland. He died...
Copley painted the Bessborough portrait after he moved from America to England and worked under a British patron. “He was a particular champion during his English phase,” said Margaretta M. Lovell, a professor of American art history and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. She added that Copley, in his British years, adopted a painting style distinct from his American work...
...Bessborough, the subject of the portrait, was a Whig member of Parliament and a British government official in Ireland. He died...