Louis Montant 'Monty' Miller (1880 - 1929)
Nathaniel Hughes John Baird (Scotland 1865 - Reading 1936)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1897 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
690 x 580 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 120698
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Louis Montant 'Monty' Miller (1880 - 1929) by Nathaniel Hughes John Baird (Scotland 1865 - Reading 1936), monogrammed and dated, top right: 1897. A half-length portrait of a young man, Monty Miller, Agatha Christie's elder brother, standing, wearing a brown suit with right hand at shoulder level holding a lit cigarette.
Provenance
Given by Mrs Rosalind Hicks, Anthony Hicks and Mathew Prichard, 2006
Credit line
Greenway, The Prichard/Hicks Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on label stuck to bottom back: Giov. Bisoni / Dorateur e Negociant de Meubles Doree/ Rue de Ognissanti/ No 3456/ Florence
Makers and roles
Nathaniel Hughes John Baird (Scotland 1865 - Reading 1936), artist