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A GEORGE III PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS JOHN WITHERINGTON PEERS
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A GEORGE III PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS JOHN WITHERINGTON PEERS

CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS JOHN WITHERINGTON PEERS
CIRCA 1790
With indistinct hand inscribed label to reverse
23½ in. (60 cm.) high
Provenance
John Witherington Peers (d.1835) and by descent at Chiselhampton House, Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire.
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Lot Essay

Chiselhampton House, Oxfordshire was built between 1766 and 1768 by Samuel Dowbiggin, Architect of London, for Charles Peers. The bust almost certainly depicts John Witherington Peers (1768-1835), Curate of St. Katherine's, Chiselhampton. In the 1950's there was a campaign to restore the church and Sir John Betjeman lent his support as well as writing a poem about the church.

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