Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 2nd March 2022
Lot 394
Thomas Beach (1738-1806)
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
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.