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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 739

Martin Archer Shee

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
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$100,000 $10,000
(Irish, 1769-1850)Portrait of Sir Edward Belcher as an Ensign, unsigned, old label attached verso stretcher, early 19th century, oil on canvas, 35-3/4 x 28 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 43 x 34-3/4 in.Exhibited: Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Portraits from Milwaukee Collections, September 3-October 10, 1971 (label verso). - Provenance: Schrager, September 17, 1996, lot 542, sold for $4000; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

lined with paste and linen, some cupping, cleavage, and flaking at bottom, crackle, surface dirt, retouch; frame with minor abrasions