Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Lot 384

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

Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Sir Joshua Reynolds, bust-length, in a red coat and waistcoat with a white stock

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 6,875

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Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Sir Joshua Reynolds, bust-length, in a red coat and waistcoat with a white stock
oil on canvas
23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm.)
in an English 18th century carved giltwood swept frame

Possibly James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (1730-1798), and by descent to,
Possibly The Earls of Roden, Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire, and by descent to,
Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl of Arran (1868-1958).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 August 1946, lot 156 as 'Reynolds'.
Moss Harris & Sons, London, where acquired by 1954.

Specialist note

It has been suggested that this portrait could have been painted in the early 1750s by Reynolds' chief studio assistant, Giuseppe Marchi (1735-1808). The artists met in Rome and Marchi followed the young Reynolds to London in 1752.