Lot Essay
Marcius Simons was an American artist. The Manfield family may have been Americans who hunted in Leicestershire.
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A fan leaf by Marcius Simons
painted with a portrait of a little boy inscribed "To Mrs. J. Manfield from Marcius Simons", framed with hunting crops and horns and carnations, with an English hunting scene with a church steeple beyond to the left and an American scene to the right of cowboys - 26in. (66cm.) wide - in fan-shaped frame, glazed
painted with a portrait of a little boy inscribed "To Mrs. J. Manfield from Marcius Simons", framed with hunting crops and horns and carnations, with an English hunting scene with a church steeple beyond to the left and an American scene to the right of cowboys - 26in. (66cm.) wide - in fan-shaped frame, glazed