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Robert Home

Portrait of a Maratha Chief

Auction Closed

December 4, 07:09 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Robert Home

Kingston upon Hull 1752–1834 Kanpur, India

Portrait of a Maratha Chief


oil on canvas

76.4 x 63.8 cm.; 30⅛ x 25⅛ in.

Said to have hung at the Saracen's Head Inn, Highworth, Oxfordshire, owned by Arkell's Brewery;

By whom sold, Messrs Dore, Smith and Radway, 23 February 1881 (catalogue untraced);

Private collection, United Kingdom;

Thence by direct descent;

Until anonymously sold, London, Bonhams, 4 July 2012, lot 27 (as British School, circa 1800);

Where acquired by the present owner.