ATTRIBUTED TO SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, R.A. (1753- 1839)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, SAID TO BE MISS MOYSEY Three-quarters length, wearing a white dress and maroon velvet sash in a landscape oil on canvas 46 by 35 1/4 in. An unfinished study said to be of the same sitter is reproduced in Les Arts, June 1905, no. 42, p. 3 (as Hoppner). Provenance: Sale: Christie's, London, July 3, 1908, lot 133 (as Beechey), where purchased for 924 gns. to Arthur Tooth & Sons, London T.J. Blakeslee, New York Exhibited: Boston, Women's City Club, August 15, 1940- August 15, 1941 Literature: Boston Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, June 1922, vol. XX, p. 39, illus. Alexandra R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, 1985, p. 14, illus. (as attributed to Beechey).