Lot 66: ALFRED FOWLER PATTEN (BRITISH, 1826-DIED CIRCA 1888) - ‘A bashful swain’

ALFRED FOWLER PATTEN (BRITISH, 1826-DIED CIRCA 1888)
‘A bashful swain’
signed and dated ‘A.F. Patten/1890’ (lower centre); further signed,
titled and inscribed ‘A Bashful Swain/A.F. Patten 7 Aldbury Villas/
West Knighton’ (on the artist’s label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25in).

Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie’s, South Kensington, 1 December 2016, lot 71.