Rev. James Wills

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Description

Rev. James Wills
Portrait of Sanderson Miller (1716–1780)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter and thence by family descent to the present owner.

Literature

Architectural Review, March 1952

ENGRAVED:
Emery Walker, circa 1908.

Catalogue Note

Sanderson Miller was the leading figure in the birth of British Gothic Revival architecture and landscape design, and is most closely associated with the introduction of prefabricated ruins within large country estates.