5581

Study portrait

Professor the Reverend William Henry Hechler 1923

Head and shoulders to the left, full face to the viewer, wearing a dark jacket or cape

Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 49.6 cm (23 ½ x 19 ½ in.)

Sitters’ Book II, opp. f. 33-35: William Henry Hechler / 18. April 1923 / Thank God my friend is back / from Africa. / 3 Fitz John’s Avenue, London

Studio Inventory, p. 16 (94): Professor Hechler. Dr.Hechler was at one time the Chaplin in Vienna. He was a very erudite man and a great collector of Bibles. He left his collection to St.Peter’s Hall, Oxford.

Private Collection

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