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    Portrait of a young Man

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    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

    Documents

    • William George Constable, 'Richard Wilson: A Second Addendum'
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