Portrait of Octavius Edward Coope, half-length, seated in a dark green coat

Details

English School, circa 1850
Portrait of Octavius Edward Coope, half-length, seated in a dark green coat
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (73 x 60.3 cm.)

Provenance

Presumably by descent from the sitter to his grandson Sir Anselm Guise, of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire; by whom presented to the Phoenix in December 1948.

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Lot Essay

Octavius Edward Coope served as a Director of the Phoenix Assurance Company from 1845 to 1886. He was the grandson of John Coope, Senior, who had been a founding member (see lot 31).

In 1845 he embarked upon a brewing venture. By 1859 the company, Messrs. Ind, Coope & Co., was the third largest in the market. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1847- 1848, and Middlesex, 1874-1886.

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