Old Masters, British & European Paintings Part II - 4th September 2025
Lot 801
Follower of John Hayls
Estimate £500 - £700
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
Follower of John Hayls
Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as John Poole, half-length, wearing a mustard coloured tunic with banded sleeves, holding a wheellock firearm
Bears inscription John Poole Esqr. Son of Sir Henry Poole/ of Sapperton in the County of Glocester [sic] (upper right)
Oil on canvas
84.5 x 67.5cm; 33¼ x 26½in
Provenance:
William North, 11th Baron North (1836-1932);
Wroxton Abbey sale, on the premises, 24 May 1933 (the above according to label)