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Sir William Beechey R.A (Burford 1753-1839 London) Portrait of Henry Lawes Long as the Infant Hercules with Edward Noel Long beside him image 1

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Lot 59^*,TP

Sir William Beechey R.A
(Burford 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of Henry Lawes Long as the Infant Hercules with Edward Noel Long beside him

Old Master Paintings

2 July 2025, 14:00 BST

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Sir William Beechey R.A (Burford 1753-1839 London)

Portrait of Henry Lawes Long as the Infant Hercules with Edward Noel Long beside him
oil on canvas
140.3 x 117.5cm (55 1/4 x 46 1/4in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Presumably the sitters and thence by descent through the Long family until
The Collection of Mr Hewitt
Sale, Christie's, London, 30 July 1981, lot 222, where purchased by
With Richard Edgeworth, Chicago, from whom acquired by the present owners 2006

Literature
The Gentleman's Magazine, April, 1839, p. 433
W. Roberts, Sir William Beechey, London, 1907, p. 65
R.M. Howard, The Longs of Jamaica and Hampton Lodge, London, 1925, vol. II, opposite p 362

In Beechey's obituary, written in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1839, the present work is described as 'one of the best of Sir William's works' and that 'Sir William often spoke of it as his favourite picture'. According to Roberts, an unfinished portrait of the children's father, Edward Beeston Long, was offered in the William Beechey sale at Christie's on 11 June 1836, lot 65.

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