Thomas Beach (1738-1806)

Thomas Beach (1738-1806)

Portrait of Robert Helyar (1747-1770) in uniform

Inscribed by a later hand Robert Helyar Aged 20 years/1768 (to verso)

Oil on canvas

76.3 x 64.9cm; 30 x 25½in

Provenance:

Commissioned by William Helyar (1720-1783) of Coker Court, Somerset;

By descent to Mrs Walker Heneage, 1937;

By descent to the previous owner, by whom sold, Chiswick Auction, Old Master Paintings including Drawings, 20 March 2019, lot 61

Exhibited:

Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, Art Treasures of the West Country, 24 May - 26 June 1937, no.127

The sitter was appointed a cornet in the 6th Iniskilling Dragoons in 1764.