Lot Essay
Peregrine Edward Townley (1762-1846) was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1831.
Peregrine Edward Townley, facing right in black coat and waistcoat and black cravat, holding a red scarf, seated in a chair; curtain background
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SARAH BIFFIN (1784-1850)
Peregrine Edward Townley, facing right in black coat and waistcoat and black cravat, holding a red scarf, seated in a chair; curtain background
signed and dated on the reverse 'Liverpool 1847 Painted by Miss Biffin Artist without hands'
rectangular, 6 x 4 in. (152 x 114 mm.), gilt-metal mount within black wood frame, red leather case
Peregrine Edward Townley, facing right in black coat and waistcoat and black cravat, holding a red scarf, seated in a chair; curtain background
signed and dated on the reverse 'Liverpool 1847 Painted by Miss Biffin Artist without hands'
rectangular, 6 x 4 in. (152 x 114 mm.), gilt-metal mount within black wood frame, red leather case