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Watercolour Portrait of John Whalley, Surveyor, English, c. 1846

preview image for Watercolour Portrait of John Whalley, Surveyor, English, c. 1846
Inventory Number: 14587
Object Type: Object
Place Created: United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s): Portraits  
Accession Number: 2014-4/1
Primary Inscriptions: Manuscript label on reverse: "This is a painting of | Mr. John Whalley of Chester | Architect & Surveyor. | Born 1825 -- [ins: Portrait] done for | his 21st birthday 1846. | Original frame." Added in other ink "(died October 1903". The label overlies a previous inscription written directly on the backing paper.
Provenance: Purchased from Tesseract, 25 July 2014. The portrait was previously sold in Chester in 2010.
Collection Group:
Material(s): Wood
Glass
Paper
paint
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
410 360 35 mm

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