Portrait of John Clark Powell Esq., seated three-quarter-length, in a brown coat, with a folio inscribed 'London Assur/Corporation' leaning against his chair

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Thomas Phillips, R.A. (1770-1845)
Portrait of John Clark Powell Esq., seated three-quarter-length, in a brown coat, with a folio inscribed 'London Assur/Corporation' leaning against his chair
signed with monogram and dated 'TP 1833' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.4 x 101.6 cm.)

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Lot Essay

John Clark Powell was appointed a Director of the London Assurance Corporation in 1795, and was Govenor between 1822 and 1846.

As a student at the Royal Academy, Phillips was a contemporary of Joseph Mallord William Turner. Early on in his career he concentrated on history painting, but he later came to focus on portraiture and it was as a portrait painter that he gained recognition, depicting influential patrons including the Prince of Wales.

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