Sale 5660
London, South Kensington
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30 October 2014
Price realised
GBP 2,125
Estimate
Circle of Robert Walker (active 1641-1658) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a white shirt and grey cloak with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper left) oil on canvas 29½ x 23 7/8 in. (74.9 x 60.7 cm.)
Provenance
By descent through the Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, to the present owner.
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