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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Lot 241

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of an officer, half-length, in a green waistcoat, red jacket and lace cravat

Closed3 July 2013

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GBP 17,500

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of an officer, half-length, in a green waistcoat, red jacket and lace cravat
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 in. (76.7 X 63.5 cm.)

with Sabin Galleries, London, 1962.
Purchased privately by the current owner in c. 2000.

Specialist note

We are grateful to David Mannings for confirming the attribution, on the basis of images; he dates the picture stylistically to c. 1755-1760. The sitter bears some resemblance to Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775) as he appears in a portrait by Reynolds of c. 1760 (London, India Office; see D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, p. 300, no. 1092; II, p. 280, fig. 537).