Thomas Beach (1738–1806)

Thomas Beach (1738–1806)
Portrait of George John Audley, Merchant of Liverpool, three-quarter length, standing in an interior, wearing a brown coat and yellow waistcoat and breeches
Signed and dated T Beach/1793 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
127.1 x 102.3cm; 50 x 40¼in

Provenance:
John Audley (1806-1885), grandson of the sitter by 1843;
By descent to George Audley (1864-1932);
Sold by his executors Christie's, London, 12 May 1932, lot 12, where purchased by Fane (15 gns);
Christie's, London, 25 April 1958, lot 106, where purchased by Sherborn (24 gns);
Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1959, lot 162, where purchased by Sawyer (£50);
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1973 (on loan);
Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1991, lot 130;
Sotheby's, London, 12 May 1993, lot 14

Literature:
Elsie S. Beach, Thomas Beach A Dorset Portrait Painter (1934), p.54, no.5
Mary Bennett, Merseyside Painters, People & Places, vol. 1 (Walker Art Gallery, 1978), p.33, L136