Live Auction 9247BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PICTURES
James Edgell Collins (fl.1841-1875)
Lot 51

James Edgell Collins (fl.1841-1875)

Portrait of James Ford of Wraxhall, three-quarter-length, in a frock coat, holding his gloves in his left hand, in an interior; and Portrait of Mrs Ford, three-quarter-length, in a white dress and ermine shawl, on a terrace with a landscape beyond

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James Edgell Collins (fl.1841-1875)
Portrait of James Ford of Wraxhall, three-quarter-length, in a frock coat, holding his gloves in his left hand, in an interior; and Portrait of Mrs Ford, three-quarter-length, in a white dress and ermine shawl, on a terrace with a landscape beyond
the former signed with monogram and dated '1854' (lower right) and the latter signed with monogram (lower left)
oil on canvas, arched tops
66 x 38¾ in. (167.7 x 98.5 cm.)
a pair (2)

Specialist note

James Ford (d.1889) of Wraxall, Somerset, was born in Bristol. An obituary for him in The Times (19th December 1889) records that he was the chairman of the firm of Messrs. Ford and Canning and was leader of the Conservative party in Bristol for many years. The Fords had three children who were all born at Clifton: Andrew Hamill; Hugh and Roger.