Live Auction 8012Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of The Late Dr. Tony Ryan
English School, c. 1740
Lot 107

English School, c. 1740

Portrait of Humphrey Bartholomew, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat, seated in a library flipping through a book on a table, a red swag beyond

Closed14 July 2011

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English School, c. 1740
Portrait of Humphrey Bartholomew, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat, seated in a library flipping through a book on a table, a red swag beyond
inscribed 'Humphrey Bartholomew Died 1764' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Probably Philip Bartholomew (d. 1757), Oxon Hoath, Hadlow, Kent and by descent to
William Geary (d. 1825), son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary (d. 1796) and Mary Bartholomew and by descent in the family until sold with the house in 1945 to
Lord Falmouth, until sold with the house in 1952 to
The late Henry Bayne-Powell; sold Christie's South Kensington house sale, 22 September 1999, lot 556.