Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, retaining remnants of a hand-written label to the verso, presented in a later gilt composition frame.

Stretcher size 17 3/4 x 14 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/2 x 22 in.

Laurence Sterne was an Irish novelist and clergyman. He is best known for his fictional autobiography, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, published between 1759 to 1767.

Over-cleaned; craquelure with some associated paint lifting and minute flaking to upper left quadrant; obscuring varnish visible under UV light; minor rubbing and some age cracks to frame.

$500 - 1,500