Lot 228: David Morier (Berne c. 1705-1770 London)

David Morier (Berne c. 1705-1770 London)
An equestrian portrait of His Royal Highness, Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1739-1767), attended by his Equerry Sir William Boothby and Richmond, his Groom, along a wall with a landscape beyond
oil on canvas, unframed
16½ x 21 in. (42 x 53.3 cm.)

O. Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 1969, text, p. 100-101, cited under 1014.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 June 1929, lot 107, as 'Sir J. Reynolds with horses painted by D. Morier' (50 gns to Leger).
with Ehrich Galleries, New York.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Purchase, New York, 1935.
Mrs. George E. Ruppert; (+) Parke-Bernet, New York, 18 October 1958, lot 171, as 'Sir Joshua Reynolds and David Morier'.

THIS LOT IS SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE