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Lot 12: HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1864-1920) Portrait of Teddy signed ‘Her

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 28, 2016

Item Overview

Description

HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1864-1920) Portrait of Teddy signed ‘Herbert Draper’ (lower left) oil on canvas 132.1 x 66cm (52 x 26in).

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Provenance Commissioned by the sitter’s family and thence by descent. Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Olympia, 21 January 2004, lot 299. Private collection, UK. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1919, no.591 as ‘Teddy, son of Lieut. B.W.G. Oates, R.N.V.R.’. Literature S. Toll, Herbert Draper, 1863-1920: A Life Study, England, 2003, pp. 165 - 166 (illustrated p. 165).

Notes

Teddy was the nephew of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace ‘Titus’ Oates who accompanied Scott to the Antarctic.

Auction Details

British and European Art

by
Bonhams
June 28, 2016, 01:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK