Property of an Important Collector
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (British, 1857-1947)
Portrait of F. Dudley Docker
Details
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (British, 1857-1947)
Portrait of F. Dudley Docker
signed and dated 'Stanhope A. Forbes/1913-' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
50 x 40 ¼ in. (127 x 102.2 cm.)
Portrait of F. Dudley Docker
signed and dated 'Stanhope A. Forbes/1913-' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
50 x 40 ¼ in. (127 x 102.2 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 10 March 1982, lot 82, as Protrait of F. Dudley Docker, C.B.E., of Birmingham, half length, seated.
Simon Bonython.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Simon Bonython.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Literature
'Current Art Notes,' The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, vol. XXXVI, London, May-August 1913, p. 206, as F. Dudley Docker, Esq.
R. P. T. Davenport-Hines, Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior, Cambridge, 1984, p. 19.
R. P. T. Davenport-Hines, Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior, Cambridge, 1984, p. 19.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1913, no. 509, as F. Dudley Docker, Esq., C.B.
Brought to you by
Laura H. Mathis
VP, Specialist, Head of Sale