Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Lot 72

Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), three-quarter-length, in armour with the sash of the Garter, his right hand on a plumed helmet

Closed15 September 2011

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GBP 15,000

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Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), three-quarter-length, in armour with the sash of the Garter, his right hand on a plumed helmet
with erroneous identifying inscription 'J. Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1925, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.