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Portrait of Humphrey Bartholomew, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat, seated in a library flipping through a book on a table, a red swag beyond
Details
English School, c. 1740
Portrait of Humphrey Bartholomew, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat, seated in a library flipping through a book on a table, a red swag beyond
inscribed 'Humphrey Bartholomew Died 1764' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Portrait of Humphrey Bartholomew, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat, seated in a library flipping through a book on a table, a red swag beyond
inscribed 'Humphrey Bartholomew Died 1764' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Probably Philip Bartholomew (d. 1757), Oxon Hoath, Hadlow, Kent and by descent to
William Geary (d. 1825), son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary (d. 1796) and Mary Bartholomew and by descent in the family until sold with the house in 1945 to
Lord Falmouth, until sold with the house in 1952 to
The late Henry Bayne-Powell; sold Christie's South Kensington house sale, 22 September 1999, lot 556.
William Geary (d. 1825), son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary (d. 1796) and Mary Bartholomew and by descent in the family until sold with the house in 1945 to
Lord Falmouth, until sold with the house in 1952 to
The late Henry Bayne-Powell; sold Christie's South Kensington house sale, 22 September 1999, lot 556.
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