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Nov 12, 2025
(Edinburgh, Scotland, 1713-1784)
Sir John Peachey (1720-1765), 3rd Baronet, West Dean, Sussex, wearing a silver brocaded plum velvet coat and yellow waistcoat, and holding a tricorn hat under his proper left arm, presented half-length in a feigned oval, signed lower right "A. Ramsay/1744", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; gilt wood frame, 36-18/8 x 31-1/4 x 2-5/8 in.
Provenance: By descent in the Peachey family, Barons Selsey, West Dean, until 1871 when the house was purchased by Frederick Bower, until 1891, when purchased by William James (Inv. labels verso), and by descent to Edward James; Christie's London, December 15, 2016, Lot 72 (labels verso); Private Collection
Literature: West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 170 - LANDING AND STAIRS - A half-length portrait of Sir John Peachey in brown velvet coat & flowing wig, 1744.
C. Aslet, "West Dean Park, Sussex - I", Country Life, 22 October 1981, p. 1381, fig. 12.
By descent in the Peachey family, Barons Selsey, West Dean, until 1871 when the house was purchased by Frederick Bower, until 1891, when purchased by William James (Inv. labels verso), and by descent to Edward James; Christie's London, December 15, 2016, Lot 72 (labels verso); Private Collection
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