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Lot 589

Attributed to Thomas Wheeler (fl. 1783-1810): A late 18th century bust profile silhouette portrait of Captain John Bellains together with an early 19th century bust profile silhouette portrait of H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex by H. Mason

17 – 18 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Attributed to Thomas Wheeler (fl. 1783-1810): A late 18th century bust profile silhouette portrait of Captain John Bellains together with an early 19th century bust profile silhouette portrait of H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex by H. Mason

both looking to sinister, the first with hair en queue wearing a fantail cockade, painted in shades of grey, the reverse with the sitters name in ink, the second wearing a coat with the Order of the Garter, the rear marked '...taken from life Sept. 1824, by W. Mason, Cambridge', both mounted within papier mache rectangular frames, the first, 8cm x 6.5cm, the second, 10cm x 7cm, unframed (2)

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Three versions of the portrait of the Duke of Sussex are recorded in the Jackson and McKechnie dictionarie, all of which are dated 1825 suggesting that the portrait of the Duke of Sussex in this lot may the original from which these are derived.

Provenance:

Portrait of Thomas Wheeler
Bonhams, lot 13, 2nd February, 2000 (£620 hammer)
Portrait of the Duke of Sussex
Bonhams, lot 52, ex Pollak Collection of Silhouettes, 21st February then as lot 228, 24th Novembe, 1999 (£280 hammer)

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