Thomas Beach (1738-1806)

Thomas Beach (1738-1806)

Portrait of Charles Helyar, aged 17, half-length, wearing a lilac coat and waistcoat and holding a book

Inscribed by a later hand Charles Helyar/AET.17 A.D 1768 (to reverse)

Oil on canvas

76.1 x 65cm; 30 x 25½in

Provenance:

By descent from the sitter's family, Coker Court, Somerset

Charles Helyar was a captain in the 7th Fusiliers and was killed at the Battle of Cowpens during the American War of Independence.