£300 - £500
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 18TH C PORTRAIT OF HESTER GERY; PORTRAIT OF CHARLES GERY pendants, the first with inscription verso Hester Gery 2d Wife of Charles Gery Esqr, bust length, oil on canvas, 75 x 61cm, unstretched, unframed (2)
Charles Gery (1664-before 1738) of Bushmead Priory, Bedfordshre married in 1701 a widow Mrs Hester Benyon (c1690-1728).
Heavily encrusted with dirt and grime from longterm storage in an attic or ourbuilding with consequent loss to medium, mainly from where creased or detached from the stretchers, unlined
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