Nicolas-Joseph Ruyssen 1757-1826

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15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

Nicolas-Joseph Ruyssen
Portrait of Charles, Michael and Anne Gordon
inscribed and dated on the stretcher
oil on canvas

all full length, standing on a terrace

Catalogue Note

The sitters were three children of David Gordon (1753-1831) of Abergeldie Castle, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, and his wife Anne, daughter of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury. The eldest son Charles (1790-1826) married Marian, daughter of Robert Phillips of Longworth, Herefordshire. His brother Michael (1792-1860) married Caroline, daughter of the Reverend John Swete of Oxton House, Devon. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1831. Their sister Anne Penelope (1794-1868) was unmarried.

The French artist, Nicolas Ruyssen, taught drawing to the children of George III.