Portrait of Mark Birley (1930-2007), as a boy

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Sir Oswald Joseph Hornby Birley, R.P., R.O.I. (1880-1952)
Portrait of Mark Birley (1930-2007), as a boy
signed and dated 'O H B/1938' (lower right) and inscribed 'To Rhoda' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Mark Birley was the son of the society portrait painter Sir Oswald Birley and his wife Rhoda, to whom this portrait is dedicated. In 1963 he founded the renowned members club Annabel's, in Mayfair, named after his then wife, Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart.

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