Portrait of first governor of Western Australia reappears at Perth auction

A dozen years after it was last sold in England, a portrait of Sir James Stirling (1791-1865), the first governor of Western Australia, returned to auction Down Under earlier this month.

Back in November 2013, when sold on behalf of a descendent, it had made a surprise £35,000 (estimate…

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