Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
William Moore of York (Birmingham 1790-1851 York)
Lot 267

William Moore of York (Birmingham 1790-1851 York)

Traditionally identified as a Portrait of Charles Dickens, small half length, in a brown coat and black stock

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 4,000

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William Moore of York (Birmingham 1790-1851 York)
Traditionally identified as a Portrait of Charles Dickens, small half length, in a brown coat and black stock
signed and dated 'W Moore 1832' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, on paper
10.1/8 x 8.1/8 in. (25.7 x 20.7 cm.)

with D.S. Lavender, London, 1997.

Specialist note

Born in Birmingham, William Moore was a portrait painter who made his career in York. He had thirteen sons, the youngest son Albert (1841-1893) became one of the leading exponents of the Aesthetic movement.

The present watercolour has previously been catalogued as a portrait of Charles Dickens at the age of twenty-one. However, it has not been possible to authenticate the identity of the sitter.

We are grateful to Dr Florian Schweizer, Director of the Charles Dickens Museum for his help in cataloguing this drawing.