by Gabriel Berner
An intriguing portrait by an unidentified hand of a Royal Navy admiral in a wig and blue gilt braided uniform was a star entry at Cotswold saleroom Chorley’s (20/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium).
Consigned to a two-day sale on July 24-25, the unframed 4ft 7in x 3ft 5in (1.4 x 1.04m) oil on canvas was catalogued as ‘possibly’ depicting George Anson (1697-1762), the renowned former First Lord of the Admiralty best remembered for his rather fraught circumnavigation of the globe on board HMS Centurion in 1740-44.