Seated Man Wearing a Flat Cap

Inscription: Verso top left in pencil : "Hellegers=1/4020="
Verso in pen and brown ink (on former backing) by William Esdaile recording the date of acquisition: 1835 WE

Marking: Lower left the collectors' marks of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364) and Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445). Verso: collector's mark of SIr Francis Seymour Haden (Lugt 1227) on former backing.

Sir Joshua Reynolds (British); Sir Thomas Lawrence (British); William Esdaile (British); his sale, Christie's, London, June 17, 1840, lot 13 (£3 5s to Geddes); Andrew Geddes (British, Scottish); Sir Francis Seymour Haden (British); his sale, Sotheby's, London, June 15–19, 1891, lot 584 (£29 to Durand-Ruel); Galerie Durand-Ruel; H. O. Havemeyer

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