Lot 594 , Thomas Frye (Irish c. 1719-1762), oil on canvas, half-length portrait of a gentleman (Palmes family)

Thomas Frye (Irish c.1719-1762)
oil on canvas
Half-length portrait of a gentleman, by repute a member of the Palmes family, wearing a brown coat and gold-braided waistcoat
signed and dated '1750'
30 x 24.5in.
Estimate £800-1,200

Oil on canvas, cleaned, relined and restored approx. 10-20 years ago.
Canvas remains tight and paint clean.
Some fine but stable craquelure running throughout.
Signed and dated at 3 o'clock.
Probably some retouching/embellishment of the gold braid to the coat.
Painted to the oval lower right, less evident lower left and no sing of the oval at the top.
Period frame in fair order.


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Sold for £650