Old Master & British Works on Paper

Old Master & British Works on Paper

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 176. Two portraits: Hugh Munro, later Sir Hugh Munro, 8th Baronet of Foulis (1763-1848); together with a portrait of his mother, Anne, Lady Munro, née Rose (d. 1806), in a landscape with a bullfinch.

Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

Scottish School, circa 1773

Two portraits: Hugh Munro, later Sir Hugh Munro, 8th Baronet of Foulis (1763-1848); together with a portrait of his mother, Anne, Lady Munro, née Rose (d. 1806), in a landscape with a bullfinch

Lot Closed

July 8, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

Scottish School, circa 1773

Two portraits: Hugh Munro, later Sir Hugh Munro, 8th Baronet of Foulis (1763-1848); together with a portrait of his mother, Anne, Lady Munro, née Rose (d. 1806), in a landscape with a bullfinch


Both pastel;

the verso of the frames inscribed in an old hand with the sitters' identities

Each approx. 235 by 195 mm


We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his suggestion that these pastels may be by the Scottish artist James Scouler (1740-1812).

N. Jeffares, A Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, on-line edition, nos. J.669.1161 and J.669.1162 (as Attributed to Scouler)

Anne Rose, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock Castle, Inverness married Sir Harry Munro 7th Baronet of Foulis (1709-1781) in January 1758. Sir Hugh was their eldest son.

We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help when cataloguing this lot.