The Property of a Gentleman
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. | PORTRAIT OF EDWARD PAUNCEFORT (D. 1758), OF WITHAM-ON-THE-HILL, LINCOLNSHIRE, SEATED HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A BLUE COAT AND HOLDING A STICK
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The Property of a Gentleman
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Plympton, Devon 1723 - 1792 London
PORTRAIT OF EDWARD PAUNCEFORT (D. 1758), OF WITHAM-ON-THE-HILL, LINCOLNSHIRE, SEATED HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A BLUE COAT AND HOLDING A STICK
oil on canvas
unframed: 92.4 x 71.9 cm.; 36⅜ x 28⅜ in.
framed: 108.8 x 89.2 cm.; 42⅞ x 35⅛ in.
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By descent to the Pauncefort-Duncombes;
Sir Everard Pauncefort-Duncombe, 3rd Bt. (b. 1885);
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 27 November 1936, lot 53, for 24 guineas to Lowy;
Mr E. Lowy, De Vere Gardens, 1937;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 June 1953, lot 117, for 20 guineas to Crewcock;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 23 November 1979, lot 158;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 May 1983, lot 51.
Scunthorpe, Normanby Hall, North Lincolnshire Council, on loan June 2009 - July 2020.
A. Graves & W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, vol. 2, London 1899-1901, p. 734;
E. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London 1941, p. 46;
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London 2000, vol. 1, pp. 368-69, cat. no. 1408, reproduced vol. II, fig. 217 (as location unknown).
Edward Pauncefort was the eldest son of George Pauncefort of Ampthill, Bedfordshire.