Lot 204: Robert Home (Hull 1752-1834 Cawnpore)

Robert Home (Hull 1752-1834 Cawnpore)
Portrait of John Buller of Trenant, Cornwall (c.1760-1807), half-length, in a blue jacket, sitting in an armchair, holding a shisha pipe
with identifying inscription 'MR· Buller of TRENANT CORNWALL' (upper left) and 'MrJohn Buller' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 26 1/8 in. (79.4 x 66.2 cm.)

The sitter; His brother, Admiral Sir Edward Buller 1st Bt. (1764-1824); By descent to Sir Edwards daughter Ann Maria Buller Fullerton Elphinstone (d.1845); Her son, 15th Baron Elphinstone (1828-1893); and thence by descent.