Catherine Read Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Catherine Read Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 19, 2024
Catherine Read (1723-1778) (attributed to), 'Portrait of a lady'
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Catherine Read (1723-1778) (attributed to), 'Portrait of a lady', unsigned, oil on canvas. H. 77 cm. W. 64 cm.
Zeeuws Veilinghuis
Oct. 16, 2024
ATTRIBUTED TO KATHERINE READ (BRITISH 1723-1778), PORTRAIT OF LETICIA JOHNSON (1747-1798)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
ATTRIBUTED TO KATHERINE READ (BRITISH 1723-1778)PORTRAIT OF LETICIA JOHNSON (1747-1798), LATER LADY BEAUCHAMP-PROCTORPastel57 x 43cm (22¼ x 16¾ in.)Together with A Pair Of Oval Pastels Of Children, After Sir Joshua Reynolds, one of the Infant Samuel, and the other, the artist's niece Theophila Palmer, titled 'Girl with the Muff' (3)Provenance: The present lot is one of a pair of portraits at Gatewick possibly commissioned by Mrs Charles Yorke and thence by descent Literature:The Connoisseur, May 1965, p.5Illustrated:The Connoisseur, May 1965, p.5Lady Beauchamp-Proctor was the wife of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor and the sister of Agneta Yorke (Mrs Charles Yorke). She resided at Langley Hall in Norfolk. By repute, the two pastels painted by Mrs Charles Yorke whilst she had her own portrait painted by Joshua Reynolds.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 18, 2024
KATHERINE READ, (1723 SCOTLAND - 1778 INDIA)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
KATHERINE READ, (1723 SCOTLAND - 1778 INDIA) KATHERINE READ, (1723 SCOTLAND - 1778 INDIA) Portrait of a Lady pastels on paper laid onto canvas 60 x 51 cm (23 5/8 x 20 1/16 in.) overall framed: 80 x 72 cm (31 1/2 x28 3/8 in.) Provenance Anonymous sale, Bonham's, Knightsbridge, 18.10.2016, Lot124 (sold as Circle of William Beechey) Literature N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online ed., J.612.552
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 14, 2023
CATHERINE READ (BRITISH 1723 - 1778), PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A FUR STOLE
Est: £500 - £700
CATHERINE READ (BRITISH 1723 - 1778) PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A FUR STOLE Paste l60 x 49cm (23½ x 19¼ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Apr. 27, 2023
Attributed to Catherine Read (1723 - 1778), A half-length portrait of a girl wearing a blue dress and a bonnet
Est: £2,000 - £4,000
Property of aÂ GentlemanÂ Attributed to Catherine Read (1723 - 1778) A half-length portrait of a girl wearing a blue dress and a bonnet Oil on canvas Dimensions: (Canvas) 27.5 in. (H) x 23.5 in. (W) (Frame) 33.25 in. (H) x 29.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Helena Beatson, half-length, seated in a landscape, holding a paint brush
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Helena Beatson, half-length, seated in a landscape, holding a paint brush oil on canvas 92.2 x 72.2cm (36 5/16 x 28 7/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of John Beatson, half-length, in a blue waistcoat and buff jacket, within a painted oval
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of John Beatson, half-length, in a blue waistcoat and buff jacket, within a painted oval oil on canvas 73.7 x 58.4cm (29 x 23in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Major General Alexander Beatson, half-length, in military uniform, within a painted oval
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Major General Alexander Beatson, half-length, in military uniform, within a painted oval oil on canvas 73.2 x 57.8cm (28 13/16 x 22 3/4in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Captain Robert Beatson, half-length, in military uniform, within a painted oval
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Captain Robert Beatson, half-length, in military uniform, within a painted oval oil on canvas 72.7 x 58.1cm (28 5/8 x 22 7/8in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Jean Beatson (née Read), wife of Robert Beatson, half-length, in a white dress, seated before a landscape, within a painted oval
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Attributed to Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of Jean Beatson (née Read), wife of Robert Beatson, half-length, in a white dress, seated before a landscape, within a painted oval oil on canvas 73.7 x 58.7cm (29 x 23 1/8in).
Bonhams
Nov. 30, 2022
Read, Catherine (1723-1778), Portrait of Lady Sarah Lennox
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Property of Hon. Nicholas Napier Catherine Read (1723-1778) Portrait of Lady Sarah Lennox dressed as Congreve's 'The Mourning Bride' Pastel on paper Read was born in the early 18th century, and is most known for her work as a portrait-painter. She was for some years a fashionable artist in London, working in oils, crayons, and miniature. From 1760 she exhibited almost annually with either the Incorporated Society of Artists, the Free Society of Artist, or the Royal Academy, sending chiefly portraits of ladies and children of the aristocracy, which she painted with much grace and refinement. She received her education from Maurice Quentin De La Tour. Her work was shown by the Free Society (1761-1768) and the Society of Artists (1760-1772), of which she became an honorary member in 1769 along with the two other female pastel artists, Mary Benwell and Mary Black, in response to the Royal Academy accepting Angelica Kauffman and Mary Moser into their respective fold. Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of the second Duke of Richmond and Sarah Cadogan. Sarah was the most notorious of the four Lennox sisters. The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by William Congreve and premiered in 1697 in Lincoln's Inn. Dimensions: (Frame) 36 in. (H) x 29.5 in. (W) (Paper) 29 in. (H) x 22 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Sep. 21, 2022
Attribué à Catherine READ Dundee, 1723 - Madras (?), 1778 Portrait de femme avec son chien Huile sur toile
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Attribué à Catherine READ Dundee, 1723 - Madras (?), 1778 Portrait de femme avec son chien Huile sur toile 77 x 64 cm (30 1/4 x 25 in.) (Restaurations) Portrait of a lady with her dog, oil on canvas, attr. to C. Read Estimation 1 000 - 1 500 €
Artcurial
Feb. 15, 2022
Katherine READ Dundee, 1723 - morte en mer entre les Indes et Londres, 1778 Portraits de Charles-Philippe de Bourbon, comte d'Artois..
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Katherine READ Dundee, 1723 - morte en mer entre les Indes et Londres, 1778 Portraits de Charles-Philippe de Bourbon, comte d'Artois (1757-1836) et de Marie-Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière de Bourbon, dite Madame Clotilde (1759-1802) Paire de pastels sur papier Portraits of Charles-Philippe of Bourbon, count of Artois and of Marie-Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière of Bourbon, pastel, a pair, by K. Read h: 58,50 w: 46,50 cm Provenance : Commande des Bâtiments du Roi en 1764, payés 480 livres ; Vente anonyme ; Paris, Drouot Enchères Rive Gauche, 30 novembre 2006, n° 11 (non catalogués) ; Collection particulière, Paris Expositions : 'Créer au féminin. Femmes artistes au siècle de Madame Vigée Le Brun', Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, 1er mars - 8 mai 2011, p. 62-65, p. 232, n° 15 et 16 (notice par X. Salmon) 'Cent portraits pour un siècle. De la cour à la ville sous les règnes de Louis XV et Louis XVI', Versailles, musée Lambinet, 6 novembre 2019 - 1er mars 2020 et Nice, palais Lascaris, 19 mai - 22 novembre 2021, catalogue par X. Salmon, p. 46-48, n° 16 et 17 Bibliographie : Fernand Engerand, 'Inventaire des tableaux commandés et achetés par la direction des Bâtiments du roi (1709-1792)', Paris, 1901, p. 408 Neil Jeffares, 'Dictionnary of pastellists before 1800', version en ligne, n° J.612.123 et J.612.188 Commentaire : A l'occasion d'un séjour à Paris en 1764, la pastelliste britannique Katherine Read fut sollicitée par les Bâtiments du roi qui lui commandèrent pour le compte de Monseigneur le dauphin deux portraits au pastel d'après nature représentant deux de ses enfants : le jeune comte d'Artois (futur Charles X) et sa sœur Madame Clotilde. Le paiement intervint le 12 octobre 17641. Fidèle aux préoccupations des Lumières, au cours desquelles une attention nouvelle fut portée aux enfants et à la nature, la portraitiste s'est ici adonnée avec bonheur à la représentation des deux jeunes prince et princesse accompagnés d'animaux, dans un paysage naturel, avec beaucoup de délicatesse. Ces pastels ne sont pas sans rappeler le double portraits des deux mêmes enfants du dauphin accompagnés d'une chèvre dans un paysage, exposé par Drouais au Salon de 1763 et conservé au musée du Louvre. 1. A.N., O1 1934 B, voir X. Salmon in cat. exp. Versailles, 2019, p. 47. Estimation 8 000 - 12 000 €
Artcurial
Jul. 06, 2021
CATHERINE READ (DUNDEE 1723-1778 AT SEA) - Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c.1740-1832)
Est: £4,000 - £7,000
CATHERINE READ (DUNDEE 1723-1778 AT SEA) Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c.1740-1832) pastel 22 7/8 x 18 1/8 in (58 x 46 cm)
Christie's
Oct. 21, 2020
Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a light mauve robe de chambre and turban
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a light mauve robe de chambre and turban pastel 63.4 x 54.2cm (24 15/16 x 21 5/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 22, 2020
Katherine Read (1723-1778)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Katherine Read (1723-1778) Portrait of Lady Louisa Conolly, née Lennox (1743-1821), half-length, in a... pastel 29 ½ x 23 ½ in. (74.9 x 59.7 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 30, 2019
Katherine Read Scottish, 1723-1778 Portraits of a Gentleman and Lady said to be Sir Harbord Harbord, Bt (1734-1810) and Lady Harbord...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Katherine Read Scottish, 1723-1778 Portraits of a Gentleman and Lady said to be Sir Harbord Harbord, Bt (1734-1810) and Lady Harbord: A Pair Each pastel on paper Sight 23 x 18 1/4 inches (58.5 x 46.4 cm) Provenance: Clarendon Gallery, London Private collection, New York Sir Harbord Harbord was the eldest son of William Morden, the 1st Baronet, who took the surname of Harbord in 1742 in accordance with the will of his maternal uncle, also named Harbord Harbord. William's son, Sir Harbord Harbord, sat as Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1756 to 1786. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1770. In 1786 he was created Baron of Suffield, Norfolk. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 30, 2019
CATHERINE READ | Portrait of a lady of the Steuart family
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Pastel on paper laid down on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 29, 2018
KATHERINE READ | Portrait of a woman, probably Anne Champion de Crespigny (1739-1797), bust length, within a drawn oval
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
pastel on paper; indistinct inscription on the reverse.
Sotheby's
Mar. 20, 2018
Attributed to READ, CATHERINE
Est: CHF1,500 - CHF2,500
Attributed to READ, CATHERINE (1723 Dundee 1778) Portrait of a young lady. Oil on canvas. 60.5 x 53 cm. Provenance: Swiss private collection. --------------- READ, CATHERINE (ZUGESCHRIEBEN) (1723 Dundee 1778) Porträt einer jungen Dame. Öl auf Leinwand. 60,5 x 53 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatbesitz.
Koller Auctions
Mar. 10, 2016
English School, circa 1762, after Katherine Read (British, 1723-1779) Portrait miniature of Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, later 4th D...
Est: £400 - £600
English School, circa 1762, after Katherine Read (British, 1723-1779) Portrait miniature of Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, later 4th Duchess of Rutland (1756-1831) watercolour on ivory h:3.50 cm Other Notes: Lady Mary Isabella Somerset was the youngest daughter of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709-56) and Elizabeth Berkeley (1718/19-1799). Mary's father died the year she was born leaving her mother, sister and heir of Norborne Berkelely, 4th Baronet of Botetourt (c.1717-1770), to maintain the family estates. Mary seems to have been very much her mother's daughter and her precocious, determined nature, combined with famous good looks, were the foundations for her later career as a political hostess. In 1775, Mary married Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby, later 4th Duke of Rutland (1754-87), who was a military officer and Whig politician. Mary did much to support her husband's political ambitions and soon became one of the most prominent hostesses of the period, renowned for her good-taste and elegance when canvassing for support. The death of her husband in 1787 did little to affect her career and if anything it brought her closer to the leading political elites, whose favour she would later rely on to secure her family's interests and the future of her son, John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland (1778-1857). Mary distanced herself for the most part from the demanding political social spheres towards the end of her life and died in London in 1831. The present work is a reduced-scale copy of the pastel by Katherine Read (previously attributed to John Russell) in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted in 1762.
Cheffins
Dec. 05, 2013
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India)
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India) >A portrait of Diana Sturt, later Lady Milner (1758-1805), three-quarter-length, in a blue cloak trimmed with ermine and holding a cittern<br>pastel >28Â¾ x 22Â½ in. (73.1 x 57.2 cm.)<br>in the original carved and gilded Carlo Maratta frame
Christie's
Sep. 18, 2013
Attributed to READ, CATHERINE(1723 Dundee
Est: CHF3,000 - CHF5,000
Attributed to READ, CATHERINE (1723 Dundee 1778) George Townshend, second Marquess Townshend, and Lord Townshend. Pastel on paper laid on canvas. 58.7 x 68.9 cm. READ, CATHERINE (ZUGESCHRIEBEN) (1723 Dundee 1778) George Marquis Townshend II und Lord Townshend. Pastell auf Papier auf Leinwand. 58,7 x 68,9 cm.
Koller Auctions
Jul. 02, 2013
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India)
Est: -
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India) Portrait of Mary Sturt (1759-?), three-quarter-length, standing, holding a basket of flowers pastel 28¾ x 22¾ in. (73.1 x 57.8 cm.) in the original carved and gilded Carlo Maratta frame
Christie's
Jul. 02, 2013
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India)
Est: -
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 India) A portrait of Diana Sturt, later Lady Milner (1758-1805), three-quarter-length, standing in a blue cloak trimed with ermine and holding a cittern pastel 28¾ x 22½ in. (73.1 x 57.2 cm.) in the original carved and gilded Carlo Maratta frame
Christie's
Nov. 27, 2012
Katherine Read (Forfarshire 1723-1778 ?)
Est: £700 - £1,000
Portrait of Lady Juliana Penn (1729-1801), bust-length, in a white silk dress and a blue wrap pastel on paper, laid down on canvas 59.2 x 48.8cm (23 5/16 x 19 3/16in).
Bonhams
May. 23, 2012
Catherine Read (1723-1778)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Catherine Read (1723-1778) Portrait of Lady Isabella Stanhope, later Countess of Sefton (1748-1819), half-length, in Hussar's costume, with a blue pelisse over a braided red dolman with inscription 'Isabella Countess of Sefton/Daughter Willυaυm. Earl of Harring/ton' (on the original label attached to the backboard) pastel on paper 23¼ x 18 in. (59 x 45.7 cm.) in a pierced and carved contemporary gilded frame
Christie's
May. 04, 2012
Attributed to Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 ?)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Attributed to Katherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 ?) Portrait of a lady, half-length, seated, wearing a blue dress with a black shawl and pearls, holding a child, seated before a red curtain oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.4 x 61.2 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 07, 2011
KATHERINE READ
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
SOLD BY THE EXECUTORS OF THE SAVERNAKE ESTATE DUNDEE 1723-1779 BETWEEN INDIA AND LONDON PORTRAIT OF THOMAS BRUDENELL, LATER BRUDENELL-BRUCE, 1ST EARL OF AILESBURY (1729-1814) Pastel, held in the original carved giltwood frame; inscribed on a label, verso; Thomas 1υst Earl of Ailesbury / 1730. 1814 / married Feby [sic]17 = 1761 to Susanna / daughter of Henry Hoare Esqre [sic] / of Stourhead = Wilts 467 by 369 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 05, 2011
Catherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 at sea)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Catherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 at sea) Portrait of Anne Speke (c. 1741-1797), wife of Frederick North, 2υnυd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792), half-length, in an ornamental head-piece and fur cape pastel 28¼ x 22¼ in. (71.8 x 56.5 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 30, 2001
Katherine Read (1723-1778)
Est: $2,860 - $4,290
A lady and her children by a cottage in a landscape oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) NOTES Katherine Read was born in Dundee in 1723, a member of a wealthy Jacobite family. She travelled to Europe following the failed rebellion of 1745, and studied under Quentin de la Tour and Louis-Gabriel Blanchet. Returning to London in 1754, she quickly established herself as a fashionable portraitist in pastels and oils. She gained a powerful patron in Queen Charlotte, who she painted with the infant Prince of Wales in 1761.
Christie's