Lot 126 , English School, 19th century, Portrait of Patrick Sellar

English School, 19th century
Portrait of Patrick Sellar,
the sitter depicted half-length, wearing a cravat, waistcoat and frock coat,
unsigned,
oil on canvas,
74 x 61cm

Catalogue note: Patrick Sellar (1780-1851), was a Scottish lawyer and sheep farmer. He played a prominent and controversial role in the Highland clearances on the Sutherland Estate for which he was placed on trial in 1816.

£800-1,200

Condition:
Together with a book, The Curse on Patrick Sellar, a biography by Dorothy Richardson, the work illustrated on the cover.

Sold for £700