Portrait of Sir Daniel Williams, Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Militia, three-quarter-length, in a black suit, seated at a window, the Tower of London beyond

Details

John Opie (Truro 1761-1807 London)
Portrait of Sir Daniel Williams, Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Militia, three-quarter-length, in a black suit, seated at a window, the Tower of London beyond
oil on canvas
50½ x 40 in. (128.4 x 101.7 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs Mansel Rees; Christie's, London, 25 January 1904, lot 53.
C.E. Arengo Jones, Taunton; Christie's, London, 8 June 1914, lot 109 (6 gns. to Shenor [or Sheneur]).
Sir John Gorst.
Mrs. M.F. Braund, Chelsea; Christie's, London, 12 February 1932, lot 105 (14 gns. to Ackerman).

Literature

J.J. Rogers, Opie and his works, p. 178.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1807, no. 89 'Sir D. Williams'.

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Lot Essay

Sir Daniel Williams Kt., Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Militia, was the magistrate sent to take the depositons after the famous naval mutiny at the Nore, a Royal Navy anchorage in the Thames Estuary which was overwhelmed in May 1797.

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