Lot 182: Joseph Friedrich August Darbès (Hamburg 1747-1810 Berlin) Portrait of Mr James Balfour, bust-length, in a brown coat and white cravat; and Portrait of Mrs Balfour (2)

Portrait of Mr James Balfour, bust-length, in a brown coat and white cravat; and Portrait of Mrs Balfour bust-length, in a black dress and a white chemise
both signed and dated 'Darbes/ pinx: 1784.' (lower left and lower right respectively)
a pair, oil on canvas, ovals
61.6 x 46.6cm (24 1/4 x 18 3/8in). (2)

PROVENANCE:
Sale, Sotheby's London, 29 July 1970, lot 118

James Balfour (1748-1795) was the grandson of the 1st Balfour of Pilrig. He went on to become a merchant active in both Hamburg and Riga, where he met his wife, Anna Gertrude Haatz (born 1760). They married in 1780 and had four children.