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Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, the former in beige coat and breeches, holding a newspaper inscribed 'Robin Hood's Gard...', with a bow and arrow on the ground beside him, the latter, seated, in a white dress and straw hat, with a King Charles Spaniel beside them, in a wooded landscape
Details
Circle of Sir William Beechey (1753-1839)
Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, the former in beige coat and breeches, holding a newspaper inscribed 'Robin Hood's Gard...', with a bow and arrow on the ground beside him, the latter, seated, in a white dress and straw hat, with a King Charles Spaniel beside them, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, the former in beige coat and breeches, holding a newspaper inscribed 'Robin Hood's Gard...', with a bow and arrow on the ground beside him, the latter, seated, in a white dress and straw hat, with a King Charles Spaniel beside them, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Senator Frederick Stanhope Peck, Belton Court, Berrington, Rhode Island; 13 August 1947, lot 334.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.