John Henry F. Bacon

Michael Lewis Myers

1906

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Artist: John Henry F. Bacon 1868–1914
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: Support: 702 x 832 mm
frame: 949 x 1079 x 128 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by Mrs Beatrice Benson 1971
Reference: T01450

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John Henry F. Bacon 1868–1915

T01450 Michael Lewis Myers 1906

Inscribed ‘John H.Bacon/06’ b.r.
Canvas, 27¿ x 32¾ (70 x 83).
Presented by Mrs Beatrice Benson 1971.

At the request of the benefactor the portrait is inscribed on the frame ‘Michael Lewis Myers Esq. Freeman of the City of London Late of Stone Farm Broadstairs. Presented by his sister Mrs Beatrice Benson late of Abercorn Place St John’s Wood London’.

Michael Lewis Myers (1879–1969) became a Freeman of the City of London by patrimony in December 1930.

Published in The Tate Gallery Report 1970–1972, London 1972.

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