Iconic 200-year-old portrait

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

 

Tee up your bid: Iconic 200-year-old portrait of 1790s captain of England's oldest golf club going under the hammer to save course from...

Royal Blackheath Golf Club, in Eltham, London, is hoping to bank as much as £800,000 by selling its world famous painting of former captain...