James Fellowes (fl. 1719-1751)

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James Fellowes (fl. 1719-1751)

Portrait of Mrs. Egerton, half length, in a white dress and blue wrap, trimmed with bows and pearls

signed and dated on the reverse 'Fellower pinx 1745', and with the same inscription by a later hand on the stretcher, and inscribed on an old label 'Mrs. Egerton, daughter of Thomas Hughes of Halkin'
26½ x 20¼in. (67.3 x 51.5cm.)

Lot Essay

According to Ellis Waterhouse, Fellowes was particularly active in Cheshire and the North-West; he usually signed and dated his works on the reverse (Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters, 1981, pp. 124-5)

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