拍品 83
  • 83

SAMUEL ANDREWS | Portrait of an officer of the Horse Guards of the Governor-General of Bengal, circa 1800

估價
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • Portrait of an officer of the Horse Guards of the Governor-General of Bengal, circa 1800
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount, black lacquered wood frame with Miers trade label
  • 95 by 76 mm.

來源

Mrs. A. von Zapp-Sidell Geiffert, Tarrytown, New York, by 1950;
Edward Grosvenor Paine (d. 1989), New Orleans;
his sale, London, Christie's, 20 March 1989, lot 91

Condition

In good order. The frame has lost its gloss and has suffered minor chipping around margins.
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拍品資料及來源

Andrews arrived in Calcutta in 1798. He received patronage from Richard, Marquess Wellesley, the Governor-General of Bengal from 1798 to 1805.