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SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (lots 60-62)
School of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, holding a letter, in a painted oval
Details
School of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, holding a letter, in a painted oval
oil on canvas
29¼ x 24¼in. (74.3 x 61.6cm.)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, holding a letter, in a painted oval
oil on canvas
29¼ x 24¼in. (74.3 x 61.6cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Stuart Robertson (according to a label on the stretcher).
Thomas Mclean, London.
J.W. Gates, St. Charles, IL (d. 1911), by descent to
D.B. Gates (d. 1918), by descent to
Mrs. L.J. Angell-Norris, 1923, by whom given to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1970, Inv. no. 2361.23.
Thomas Mclean, London.
J.W. Gates, St. Charles, IL (d. 1911), by descent to
D.B. Gates (d. 1918), by descent to
Mrs. L.J. Angell-Norris, 1923, by whom given to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1970, Inv. no. 2361.23.
Literature
W.A. Preyer (?), The Angell Collection, in Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1923, p. 53 as by Gainsborough Dupont. The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, 1925, p. 168, no. 2240 as by Gainsborough Dupont.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, 1932, p. 190 as by Gainsborough Dupont.
The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1970-1971, 1971, p. 26 as by Gainsborough Dupont.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, 1932, p. 190 as by Gainsborough Dupont.
The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1970-1971, 1971, p. 26 as by Gainsborough Dupont.