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SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1829-1896)
Lot 101

SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1829-1896)

Portrait of Fleetwood Pellew Wilson, J.P., D.L.

Closed15 July 2022

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GBP 4,032

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SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1829-1896)
Portrait of Fleetwood Pellew Wilson, J.P., D.L.
signed with monogram and dated '1883' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 36 5⁄8 in. (127.5 x 93 cm.)

Fleetwood Pellew Wilson, J.P., D.L. (1808-1888)
E.A. Lewis; Christie's, London, 8 April 1929, lot 103 (42 gns to Melville Gray).
Private Collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 1984, lot 87 (sold after the sale).

Specialist note

Fleetwood Pellew Wilson (1808-1888) was a rich industrialist who made much of his fortune as a ship owner and coffee planter in Bahia, Brazil. His London residence was at 30 Portman Square, he had property in Scotland and acquired Wappenham Manor, near Towcester, Northamptonshire. His only daughter and heiress Frances Fleetwood Wilson (1850-1919) married Prince Alexei Dolgorouki, a Russian Prince and Chamberlain to the Tsar, in 1898.

We are grateful to Dr Malcolm Warner for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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