Lot Essay
This portrait, which demonstrates the influence of works of the 1780s by Sir Joshua Reynolds, is one of the relatively small number of paintings by the Scottish painter, who worked for many years in Rome.
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John Thomas Seton (c.1738-1806)
Portrait of Mr. Halowell, small full-length, in a red coat and waistcoat, seated holding a book by Grey, in a landscape above a pond, ruins beyond
signed with initials 'J.T.S. pinx.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)
Portrait of Mr. Halowell, small full-length, in a red coat and waistcoat, seated holding a book by Grey, in a landscape above a pond, ruins beyond
signed with initials 'J.T.S. pinx.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)