ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY 'The Snufftaker'
Estimate: |
£800 - £1,500
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Hammer price:
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£1,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY 'The Snufftaker' A half-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a long curled grey wig with a white scarf around his neck and a grey tunic with lace cuffs and large gilt buttons, an elaborate red sash draped over his arm and shoulder, holding an open tortoiseshell snuff box in his left hand and a pinch of snuff in his right, oil on canvas, 62cm x 71cm Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset