Lot Essay
The sitter was the eldest son of the watercolourist Paul Sandby, R.A. (1731-1809) and Anne Stogden (?-1797). This portrait, dated 1790, was painted three years before Sandby died in Barbados, aged 28.
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Portrait of Lieutenant Paul Sandby (1765-1793), aged 25, small half-length, in a green coat, buff waistcoat and white stock
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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford 1753-1839 Hampstead)
Portrait of Lieutenant Paul Sandby (1765-1793), aged 25, small half-length, in a green coat, buff waistcoat and white stock
inscribed 'Paul Sandby AE/st 25 Lieut 21st. Regt Foot Sr Wm. Beechey Pinxt 1790' (on the canvas relining, presumably transcribed from the original canvas)
oil on canvas, framed as oval
12 x 10 in. (30.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Portrait of Lieutenant Paul Sandby (1765-1793), aged 25, small half-length, in a green coat, buff waistcoat and white stock
inscribed 'Paul Sandby AE/st 25 Lieut 21st. Regt Foot Sr Wm. Beechey Pinxt 1790' (on the canvas relining, presumably transcribed from the original canvas)
oil on canvas, framed as oval
12 x 10 in. (30.4 x 25.4 cm.)
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