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Portrait of General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire, seated-half-length, in a dark coat and striped waistcoat, in a red leather armchair by 
																	Thomas Kirkby

Thomas Kirkby

( British, fl.1796-1847)

Portrait of General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire, seated-half-length, in a dark coat and striped waistcoat, in a red leather armchair

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Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.22 in. (92.00 cm.) (height) by 27.95 in. (71.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed inscribed and dated 'Painted by Thos: Kirkby./1838' (on the reverse)

Literature:

Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 125.

Provenance:

General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire, and by descent to his wife's great-niece, Cecilia Widdrington (née Gregge-Hopwood) who married Shalcross Fitzherbert Widdrington in 1864.

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