FDA-D.1742-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1742-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Michael Meysey Wigley Severne of Shakenhurst
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of a young mak looking right, wearing a suit
Description
Inscription
Inscribed with sitter's name and dated lower left: 'Michael Severne / 27.2.43'; signed, lower right: 'James Gunn'
Material
paper
pencil
pencil
Production
Person
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Michael Meysey Wigley Severne and at Shakenhurst Hall in Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire; by descent to the grandchildren of Severne; by whom sold in through 'Modern British & 20th Century Art' sale, Bellmans auctioneers, 15 November 2022 (Lot 18); from which sale purchased by William Lorimer; by whom presented to Eton College in December 2022
