Portrait of Mr Richard Slater Milnes (1759-1804) (circle of Michael Dahl)
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Circle of Michael Dahl
Portrait of Mr Richard Slater Milnes (1759-1804), half-length, wearing a brown coat and white stock
oil on canvas
Richard Slater Milnes was the son and heir of a Presbyterian cloth merchant from Wakefield. Whilst he retained an interest in the trade, he successfully transformed himself into a country gentleman and served as M.P. for York from 1784-1802. He married in 1781 Rachel Busk, the heir to the estate of the wealthy Hans Busk (see lots 189 and 44) and purchased Fryston Hall in 1788.
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Date
1750
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Sotheby's
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Public Domain