Lot 33: Edward Alcock (active England 1757-1778) Portrait of a lady, full length, in a white satin dress,

holding a book, seated beside a desk in an interior; and Portrait of a gentleman, full length, in a red suit, standing beside a desk in an interior the former signed and dated 'E.A. 1769' (lower right) the latter signed 'Edwd. Alcock/1769' (lower right) oil on canvas 44 x 30 cm. (17 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.) PROVENANCE: With Frost and Reed, Ltd, 1954 Edward Alcock was a portrait painter and miniaturist who, according to the poet, William Shenstone (whose portrait by Alcock hangs in the National Portrait Gallery), was never long in one place. He is recorded to have worked in Bath, Birmingham, Bristol and London. The present small full length portraits in the style of Devis are typical of his oeuvre.