Thomas Beach (1738-1806) Portrait of Henry Seymer (1714-1785) naturalist

Thomas Beach (1738-1806)

Portrait of Henry Seymer (1714-1785) naturalist, half length

Signed Aetat: 54. T Beach pt. 1769 also inscribed (partly inaccurately) on a later label verso

Oil on canvas

76 x 64cm; 30 x 25in

Henry Seymer and his son Henry Seymer Jun. (1745-1800) of Hanford House in Dorset were naturalists who produced a series of 72 watercolours of butterflies which remained unknown and unpublished for over 200 years until 2005.