Lot 50: CIRCLE OF EDWARD PENNY (BRITISH, 1714-1791)

CIRCLE OF EDWARD PENNY (BRITISH, 1714-1791)
Portrait of Lt. Col. William Welby of Denton, 2nd or South Battalion, Lincolnshire Militia, High Sheriff of Lincoln (d.1792), small-full-length, his tricorn hat in his right hand and his faithful companion at his side, in an interior
oil on canvas
30 x 24½ in. (76 x 62.2 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Robinson & Fisher, London, 3 April 1924 (as Gainsborough).
with Leggatt Brothers.
Christie's London, 17 October 1947, lot 116 (as Zoffany).
Supplied by Green & Abbott Ltd., Wigmore Street, London 31 October 1950 for £40.

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All lots removed to off-site warehouse the day after the sale - 2 weeks free storage
We are grateful to Andrew Cormack, Keeper of Visual Arts, Medals and Uniforms at the Royal Air Force Museum, for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.