Fine Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings - 10th December 2014
Lot 55
Thomas Beach (1738-1806) Portrait of Henry Seymer (1714-1785) naturalist
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
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House in Dorset were naturalists who produced a series of 72 watercolours of butterflies which remained unknown and unpublished for over 200 years until 2005.