Live Auction 19994Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
SIR GEORGE CHALMERS (EDINBURGH C. 1720-1791 LONDON)
Lot 130 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIMI ADLER

SIR GEORGE CHALMERS (EDINBURGH C. 1720-1791 LONDON)

Portrait of a young boy playing with a house of cards

Closed14 October 2021

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SIR GEORGE CHALMERS (EDINBURGH C. 1720-1791 LONDON)
Portrait of a young boy playing with a house of cards
signed and dated 'Geo. Chalmers. Equ.s Baro.s / Pinx.t 1781.' (lower left); inscribed 'H / N' (center left, on the top)
oil on canvas
24 7/8 x 20 ½ in. (63 x 52 cm.)

with Rutland Gallery, London.

Specialist note

Sir George Chalmers signed his paintings 'Equs Barons', and claimed to have inherited the baronetcy of Chalmers of Cults, but his rights to these titles have been doubted. He exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy from 1776 to 1790. The letters 'H' and 'N' inscribed on the spinning top here may be the sitter's initials.