Follower of John Michael Wright
Follower of John Michael Wright

Portrait of Sir John Bowyer, half-length, in a brown doublet and lace collar, feigned oval

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Follower of John Michael Wright
Portrait of Sir John Bowyer, half-length, in a brown doublet and lace collar, feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.2 cm.)
in a mid 18th Century carved and gilded frame
拍場告示
It has been suggested that this portrait is by John Hayls (fl.1651-1679).

拍品專文

The sitter was presumably John Bowyer (1623-66) of Kny Persley, Staffordshire, an active parliamentary commander in the Civil War, who was M.P. for Staffordshire in 1646 and for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1656 and 1660. He was knighted and created a Baronet in the same year.