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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Sep 16, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 539

British School Portrait

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(early 19th century)

Portrait of a Officer, wearing a red coat, gold epaulets, and white shoulder belt with a gilt regimental belt plate, signed lower left "BC.H.", watercolor on paper laid on card, 11-5/8 x 9-7/8 in.; Kent style frame, label verso for "C .E. Clifford & Co...", London, 19-3/4 x 17-3/4 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Matthews, North Carolina

Condition

watercolor in good condition with some modest warping; frame resurfaced with some losses