Portrait of Sir Francis Ford's Children giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy
Sir William Beechey
- Art Funded
- 1993
- Dimensions
- 180 x 150 cm
- Vendor
- Dover Street Gallery
The painting may reflect the involvement of Sir Francis Ford (1758-1801) of Ember Court, Surrey and Lears in Barbados in some charitable concerns usual for a man in his position; the alleviation of poverty was a matter for public debate.
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 1991.