Lot 597: Tilly Kettle (1734-1786) PORTRAIT OF EDWARD

Tilly Kettle (1734-1786) PORTRAIT OF EDWARD JEREMIAH CURTEIS, AGED 12, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, WITH HIS DOG Oil on canvas 91.5 x 71cm, Provenance: Marion Davies, Beverly Hills, California by whom sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, November 14, 1951, lot 64 where purchased by W.E. Browne, Co; Private Collection Edward Jeremiah was the only son of Jeremiah Curteis and Jane (co-heir of Searles Giles, Esq of Biddenden). He was MP for Sussex from 1820-1830 and married on April 14, 1789, Mary, only daughter and heiress of the Rev. Stephen Barrett, Rector of Hothfield, Kent and the last descendant of the ancient family Barrett of the Bent, Kilwick, Yorkshire