Lot 37: THOMAS KIRKBY (BRITISH, CIRCA 1838)

THOMAS KIRKBY (BRITISH, CIRCA 1838)
Portrait of General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire, bust-length, in a black coat, yellow waistcoat and a white stock
signed, inscribed and dated 'General Peter Heron/of Moore/Painted by Thoυs: Kirkby/1838' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29½ x 22¼ in. (75 x 56.5 cm.)
In an oval mount

Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 125.

General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire, and to his wife's great-niece, Cecilia Widdrington (née Gregge-Hopwood) who married Shalcross Fitzherbert Widdrington in 1864.

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