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Tilly Kettle London 1734-1786 Aleppo, Turkey
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Tilly Kettle
- Portrait of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (1762-1835)
three-quarter length, wearing a green jacket and vest with gold trim, standing in a landscape with a dog
oil on canvas
Provenance
Marion Davies, Beverly Hills,Califoria;
By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., November 14, 1951, lot 64, there purchased by
W. E. Browne, Co.
Catalogue Note
Edward Jeremiah was the only son by Jeremiah Curteis and Jane (co-heir of Searles Giles, Esq. of Biddenden). He was M.P. for Sussex from 1820 to 1830 and married on Aril 14, 1789, Mary, only daughter and heiress of the Rev. Stephen Barrett, Rector of Hothfield Kent, and the last descendant of the ancient family Barrett of the Bent, Kilwick, Yorkshire.