$652
British School, 19th Century, Portrait of Leacroft Freer Aged 19. Signed with indistinct initials l.r., the sitter identified and portrait dated in inscription on the reverse: "L.F. Leacroft Freer/Son of the Late Mr. W.L. Freer of Stourbridge Aged 1[9]/June 18th 1816." Oil on canvas, 24 5/8 x 21 1/8 in., unframed. Condition: Scattered retouch, craquelure. Note: According to Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents , by the Rev. William Dimock Fletcher, 1887, pp. 141-43, Leacroft Freer was the tenth of sixteen children born to William Leacroft Freer, of Stourbridge, England, a surgeon, and his first wife, Anna Maria Hickman. Leacroft was born on March 6, 1797. He was 17th in descent from Edward III. He married Elizabeth Brown and they had eleven children.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-07-21
