John Myles Portrait of a City Halberdier, Edinburgh
1055
John Myles (British, fl 1850-1873)
Portrait of an Edinburgh City Officer
signed 'J Myles Painter' (lower right)
oil on board
47 x 37.8 cm. (18 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,000
€1,800 - 2,300
US$ 2,300 - 3,000

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Sale; Christie's, New York, 4th April 2007, lot 126

    This may have been the picture exhibited as a 'City Officer' at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, in 1851 (no. 282).

    Little is known about the Edinburgh-based artist John Myles, who exhibited his paintings - portraits, landscape and genre scenes - at the Royal Scottish Academy between 1850 and 1873.

Category: Fine Art / Scottish Art

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