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The artist, a pupil of Zoffany, was taken to Jamaica by William Beckford in 1774 and painted negroes and the local gentry
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Attibuted to Philip Wickstead, (fl. 1763-1786)
Mr. Butler and his daughter Mary fishing in Jamaica
with inscription 'Mr. Butler and his daughter Mary,/afterwards Mrs. William Pusey-/Painted on Wood. Fishing in/Jamaica - with negro Servant - in/boat./the same father and daughter as in/the two oval portraits - she is also in the large picture by/Wickstead (sic) with her clergyman/husband Mr. William Pusey' on an old lable on the reverse, on panel
6 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (16.8 x 21.3cm.)
Mr. Butler and his daughter Mary fishing in Jamaica
with inscription 'Mr. Butler and his daughter Mary,/afterwards Mrs. William Pusey-/Painted on Wood. Fishing in/Jamaica - with negro Servant - in/boat./the same father and daughter as in/the two oval portraits - she is also in the large picture by/Wickstead (sic) with her clergyman/husband Mr. William Pusey' on an old lable on the reverse, on panel
6 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (16.8 x 21.3cm.)