ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A near pair of portraits of brothers
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£150 - £250
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£260 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
each head and shoulders portrait depicting the sitter wearing a black overcoat and white stock, one brother depicted facing the artist, the other in profile, the latter work indistinctly signed and dated, with inscription verso "Signed J. Phelps Junyer, 1820" pastels, 60cm x 50cm and 58cm x 47cm (2)
By repute the reason the second brother is depicted in profile is that he had a cleft lip
