Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 2nd March 2022
Lot 415
Sir Martin Archer Shee PRA (Irish 1769-1850)
Estimate £12,000 - £18,000 | Hammer £18000
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Description
Sir Martin Archer Shee PRA (Irish 1769-1850)
Portrait of Thomas Netherton Parker (1772-1848), three-quarter length, wearing a black coat and white waistcoat, standing in a landscape; Portrait of Sarah Parker (née Browne) (1779-1854), three-quarter length, wearing a yellow dress, holding a porte-crayon and album, standing by a column
A pair, both oil on canvas
127.3 x 102cm; 50 x 40¼in; 128.2 x 101.7; 50½ x 40in (2)
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist by Thomas Netherton Parker, Hatton Grange, Shifnal, Shropshire, and later of Sweeney Hall, Shropshire, 1796;
And by descent
According to the labels, which are transcribed from Thomas Netherton Parker's account book, Martin Archer Shee painted this pair of portraits in 1796, the year the sitters were married. Parker paid £31.10, half of Shee's fee for the two portraits. Thomas was the son of John Parker, the noted goldsmith known for his partnership with Edward Wakelin (for a portrait of John Parker see cat. no.390). The couple moved to Sweeney Hall, Shropshire c.1816, upon the death of Sarah's mother.