John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923)
John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923)

Portrait of Mr. Alderman, full-length, wearing a dress of the Ex-Sheriff Roll

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John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923)
Portrait of Mr. Alderman, full-length, wearing a dress of the Ex-Sheriff Roll
signed 'Sey.J.Lucas 1911,' (lower left) and extensively inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas
30¼ x 17.5/8 in. (76.8 x 44.7 cm.)

Lot Essay

The present work is said to be an original sketch by the artist and was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London (1911). Mr. Alderman (1838-1920), here wearing the uniform of Master of the Rolls (appointed 1907), was later given the title Baron Herbert, Hardy Coezens, Hardy of Letheringsett Hall, Dereham, Norfolk (1914).

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