British Early 18th/19th Century Two drawings [a] A graphite ...

Hammer

£250

British
Early 18th/19th Century
Two drawings
[a] A graphite portrait of John Keate (1773 - 1852), Headmaster of Eton College. Indistinctly signed lower right, 'E B ?'. It is said that in 1832 Keate beat more than 80 boys on the same day, and once told some ex-pupils that his only regret was that he had not flogged them more.
[b] 18th Century, Figures in a carriage, with a man smoking a pipe

Provenance: 
Leonard Duke collection

Dimensions:
[a] (Frame) 16 in. (H) x 14.25 in. (W); (Paper) 5 in. (H) x 5.25 in. (W)
[b] (Frame) 11.25 in. (H) x 11.25 in. (W); (Paper) 1.5 in. (H) x 2 in. (W)