'Snipping off the Lock' from Alexander Pope's poem 'The Rape of the Lock'

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Attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. (1769-1850)
'Snipping off the Lock' from Alexander Pope's poem 'The Rape of the Lock'
indistinctly inscribed 'The Rape of the Lock from Pope/Martin Archer Shee ...' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 32 in. (71.2 x 81.3 cm.)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

PEASE NOTE THAT THE PROVENANCE FOR THIS LOT SHOULD READ:
MAJOR WILLIAM ARCHER SHEE
BRIGADIER RODERICK MACPHERSON, AND THENCE BY DECENT.