Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, May 4 - August 6, 1936, p. 27, no. 289.

Lot Note:

The present portrait depicts Frederick Ferris Bligh St. George (1908-1970), fourth son of the second Baronet St. George and grandson of the financier and philanthropist George Fisher Baker (1840-1931), known as the "Dean of American Banking." He served in the British Life Guards as a colonel, and in 1959 held the position of High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. St. George was brother to George Baker Bligh St. George (1892-1957), also featured in this auction. Ferris was the subject of well-known childhood portraits by the artist Sir William Orpen, whose portrait of Francis Henry Edward Livesay is likewise included in this sale.

Framed: 48 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.

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