Lot Essay
It is recorded in George Engleheart's fee book that Mr. McMurdoe sat on 6 April 1810 and paid the fee of 15 guineas on 27 April
Details
George Engleheart (1750/3-1829)
Colonel Bryce McMurdoe, facing right in brown coat and white waistcoat, frilled cravat
signed with monogram and in full on the reverse, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
oval, 3 3/8in. (86mm.) high
Colonel Bryce McMurdoe, facing right in brown coat and white waistcoat, frilled cravat
signed with monogram and in full on the reverse, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
oval, 3 3/8in. (86mm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 27 November 1979, lot 60
Literature
G. C. Williamson, George Engleheart 1750-1829, London, 1902, p. 107