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Portrait of Giles Moore , three-quarter-length, reading the "Ilian", with a bust of Homer
Details
Christopher Steele (British, 1733-1767)
Portrait of Giles Moore , three-quarter-length, reading the "Ilian", with a bust of Homer
oil on canvas
36 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (92.7 x 71.8 cm.)
Portrait of Giles Moore , three-quarter-length, reading the "Ilian", with a bust of Homer
oil on canvas
36 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (92.7 x 71.8 cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, Philadelphia.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, acquired from the above 1955.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1956 (as Attributed to Mathew Pratt).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, acquired from the above 1955.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1956 (as Attributed to Mathew Pratt).
Literature
M.E. Burkett, Christopher Steele 1733-1767 of Acre Walls, Egremont, George Romney's Teacher, Skiddaw, 2003, p. 215, no. 27, fig. 200 (illustrated).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.