RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 1 Tuesday, 4 November 2025 / 10:00 am start
Unidentified painter 'Portrait of Private Ian Stuart',
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Lot Details
Inscription: Attached to the verso two plastic self-sealed bags containing a leave pass for 450668 Pte Stuart I granting 'leave from HMT Orion to Perth and Freemantle on 31 Jan 46' and an identity photograph of Ian Stuart. Cat. Note/Ref.: A Wellington shop assistant in civilian life, Private Ian Stuart served with the New Zealand Medical Corps mostly in Italy from 1944 until he was discharged in early 1946. Title: 'Portrait of Private Ian Stuart' Medium: oil on board Origin/Date: New Zealand, c.1945 Acquisition/Prov.: John Cordy Limited, 10/12/2020, Sale R0025, lot 0940. 'Framed service portrait w/photograph + leave pass'. 14.3 x 8.6cm
