Bonhams 1793 : James Leakey (British, 1773-1865) Henry Hyde Pennell (1823-1828), standing before a landscape, wearing a blue smock dress with embroidered detail and puffed sleeves, he holds the cane to his hobby horse in his left hand and a whip in his right

Henry Hyde Pennell (1823-1828), standing before a landscape, wearing a blue smock dress with embroidered detail and puffed sleeves, he holds the cane to his hobby horse in his left hand and a whip in his right.
Oil on panel, composition frame, two labels to the reverse, both inscribed Henry Pennell/ b.1823/ d.1828/ eldest son of W. Pennell +/ Jane Hyde .
Rectangular, 122mm (4 13/16in) high

Sold for £2,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

Henry was the eldest child of Richard Lewin Pennell (1793-1873) of Devon and his wife, Jane (née Hyde) (1799-1876), the sitter of lot 77. Henry is depicted here before his premature death, aged just five years old.

Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures

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