Lot 553
AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, RA (1753-1839)
PORTRAIT OF HENRY D'ESTERRE DARBY, CAPTAIN OF HMS BELLEROPHON
Half length, wearing a Navy uniform, oil on canvas, a copy c.1910
79.5 x 62cm.;
with a copy of R. Earlom's mezzotint of the same subject, 1801; a `Plan of the Battle of the Nile`, engraved by S. Hall, 1798; and `The First Bellerophon`, book by Colin Pengelly (London, 1966) (4)
Provenance: By descent (by marriage) in the family of Captain Darby
