Lot 17: John Theodore Heins, Snr. (1697-1756)

Portrait of Master Harry Spark Patterson (1725-1764), three-quarter-length, in a grey coat, feeding three doves on a ledge
signed and dated 'Heins fei/1722' (lower right) with inscription 'No... Harry Spark Patterson eldest son of/Harry Spark Patterson Senior was born July 2/1725. Died May 2nd 1764. Married Martha/daughter of Mr Daniel........ Left two/sons, John & Henry, my father & uncle./W.J. Patterson/N.B. A miniature likeness of her, by Grimaldi' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (76.5 x 64.1 cm.)
In an English 18th Century carved and gilded frame.

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