Lot 56: FELIX STONE MOSCHELES (1833-1917)

Henry Morton Stanley, bust length, in tropical dress signed and inscribed 'Henry M Stanley /by Moscheles [18]85 (lower right) oil on canvas, unframed 22 1/8 x 161/2in. (56.2 x 41.9cm.) NOTES An attractive oil painting by Moscheles dated [18]85, showing Stanley looking younger than his photographs of the time, perhaps depicting Stanley soon after his return to England in 1875.