Among the notable results for pictures sold in the regions at the end of last year was a handful of works that sparked competition at Dreweatts’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Old Master, British and European Art auction.
While the £70,000 Jacobean portrait of two young brothers was the star attraction at the Newbury sale on December 14 (see News in ATG No 2573), another portrait dating from a couple of centuries later also turned a few heads.
The painting from 1833 was by Henry Wyatt (1794-1840), a pupil of Thomas Lawrence. It depicted a moustachioed man dressed as a fictional literary hero.