Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 2nd March 2022
Lot 392
Thomas Beach (1738-1806)
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £6500
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Description
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.