SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY
Portrait of a Young Midshipman
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 25 in. (77.5 x 63.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Scott & Fowles Co., New York from whom acquired by
Frank Bulkeley Smith, Worcester, Massachusetts
Estate sale Frank Bulkeley Smith, The American Art Association, Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, April 22-23, 1920, lot 97, illustrated where bought by
William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, California
“The William Randolph Hearst Collection, Part IV, Parke - Bernet Galleries, New York, January 5, 1939, lot 19, illustrated
Guest Collection, South Carolina
EXHIBITED
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum