Hugh Barron (1747 - 1791) Portrait of Dr Richard Guy Oil on ...

Hammer

£16,000

Hugh Barron (1747 - 1791)
Portrait of Dr Richard Guy
Oil on canvas
In an original carved and gilded Chippendale frame

Provenance: 
Ellis and Smith, Grafton Street, their sale Christie's, 25 May 1934, lot 126;
The Lord Duveen;
By descent to Mrs B.H. Burns, by whom sold Sotheby's 20 March 1963, lot 168;
Collection of Mark Birley, Annabel's Club, London. 

Dr. Richard Guy was an authority on the treatment of cancer in the mid eighteenth century. He advocated non-surgical approaches, using a series of medicines to attack tumors especially in breast and maxillofacial cancers. In 1762 he published Practical Observations on Cancers and Disorders of the Breast, the work alluded to on the label, which discussed the use of medications to combat breast cancer, and claimed over one hundred successful cures without surgery. In March 1767, the year of his death, he had published a letter in The London Magazine (p. 116) on the treatment of facial cancer.

Barron himself was a celebrated pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Dimensions:
(Canvas) 29 in. (H) x 24.25 in. (W) 
(Frame) 30 in. (H) x 24.5 in. (W)