George Knapton (1698-1778)

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George Knapton (1698-1778)

Portrait of Henry, 7th Lord Arundell of Wardour (1717-1756), three-quarter-length, in a green coat and a white satin waistcoat with gold embroidery, leaning on a plinth by an urn

signed, lower right 'GK(linked)napton pxt 1747' and with inscription 'Henry 7th Lord Arundell.'

50 x 40in. (127 x 101.6cm.)

Literature

J.P. Neale, Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, 1st series, V, London, 1822, sub Wardour, in the White Bedroom.

Lot Essay

A full-length adaptation of this portrait was supplied for the new house of Wardour by Sir Joshua Reynolds to the 8th Lord Arundell for #50 (payment of 8 December 1768, A. Graves and W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1899, I, p. 31): this left Wardour before 1899 and was sold at Christie's, 15 April 1994, lot 21.

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