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Lot 214
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
  • Portrait of a boy
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

By descent in the collection of the Fitzherbert family, Tissington Hall, Derbyshire;
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Catalogue Note

Dating from the early 1760's, this picture is comparable in both style and date to his portrait of William Henry Bouverie (1752-1806).1 The costume, collar and possibly the painted niche may be later additions.

We are grateful to Dr. Martin Postle of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, for endorsing the attribution following first hand inspection of the picture.

1. See D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven and London 2000, text volume, p. 100, cat. no. 226, reproduced. image volume, p. 266, fig. 487

ENGRAVED:

By Valentine Green (according to an old label on the reverse)