Portrait of a young Man

Portrait of a young Man
Portrait of a young Man
Portrait of a young Man
The Collection of Mr Darryl Saunders, New Orleans
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Portrait of a young Man
Date
c.1747-48 (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 76.8 x 63.2 cm
Imperial: 30¼ x 24 7/8 in.
Collection
The Collection of Mr Darryl Saunders, New Orleans
Wilson Online Reference
P21
Description
The sitter is shown bust-length, in a grey coat, wearing a gold-embroidered blue waistcoat and white stock, in a fictive oval sculpted frame
Exhibited
Thomas Agnew & Sons Summer Exhibition 1959 (11 - Lock of Norbury)
Provenance
Ex-Robinson collection; with Sidney Sabin, London, 1955; Thomas Agnew & Son, London by 1959; John Mitchell and Sons, London, 1960; Sir Sydney Barrett (1898-1975), Crowe Hall, Bath; his son, John Barratt (d. 2009); Christie's London 16 December 2010 (73); bt present owner
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
According to Constable 'the canvas is said not to be English (on what authority is unknown)'
Critical commentary
There is an unsubstantiated tradition that the sitter is William Lock (1732-1810)
Bibliography
Constable 1962, p. 142, no. 2, fig. 16
Condition/Conservation
In a contemporary carved and gilded running pattern frame