19th Century British and Continental Pictures

/

Lot 17
  • 17

Isaac Pocock, 1782-1835

bidding is closed

Description

  • Isaac Pocock
  • portrait of isaac john innes pocock; portrait of anne pocock
  • two, one signed and dated 1818
  • both oil on canvas
  • one 59x49cm., 23¼x19¼ in., the other 52x44cm., 20½x17¼in.
he three-quarter length, wearing a white dress, holding the reins of a rocking horse, she half length, wearing a white dress, in allegorical guise of an angel

Provenance

By family descent

Catalogue Note

Isaac Pocock was the son of the famous marine painter, Nicholas Pocock.  He studied under both Romney and Beechey, and exhibited a number of works at the Royal Academy.  After inheriting property from his uncle in 1818 he devoted himself to drama, producing a large number of plays and musical farces.  In 1812 he married Louisa, daughter of Henry Hime of Liverpool.  They had one son and three daughters.