English School, oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, painted in a feigned oval, inscribed on the verso "Edward Acton" with an old paper label below reading "Born Basingstoke 1657 / Oxford Wadham Coll. 1667 at 16 / Bentworth Rectory 1677 / Married Jane Henley 1682 / Buried at Bentworth 1716 at 60." Presented in a period appropriate "Lely" style frame, the verso retaining two paper labels, one from the Army & Navy Stores, Ltd with typed inscription "Adml. Sir H. Moore" and dated 31/8/49.

SS 29.5 x 24.25 in.; DOA 38 x 32.5 in.

The Rosa Spence McDonald Collection

$500 - 1,000