£2,400
English School c.1745
Three-quarter length portrait of Thomas Bardwell, the butler and clerk at Woodton Hall, Norfolk
oil on canvas
inscribed T. Bardwell Ætat: suae.96. Butler & Clark [sic] at Woodton 74. yrs (lower right)
126 x 104 cm.
Provenance: E. A. J. Suckling (according to an inscription on the stretcher), Christies, Lot 21, 15 June 2001, when purchased by the present owner
Oil on canvas re-lined some years ago, canvas remains tight, slight stretcher marks showing, a little light flaking of the paint at the top and bottom margins. Peter Black painted wooden frame, Christies stencil numbers verso TK484 and DM248.
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