Lot Essay
Little is known of Luttrell's life, though his working career is thought to have been spent in Westminster. He was a pupil of Edmund Ashfield and is thought to have been born in Dublin.
Details
Edward Luttrell (fl. 1680-1724)
Portrait of a Gentleman of the Baker Family, bust-length, in a dark coat and white cravat
signed with initials and dated top right '1705' and signed and inscribed on the backboard 'This Performance/in pastel (?) upon Wood/by E. Luttrell/Westminster/one of the Baker family'; pastel on panel
9 3/8 x 7½in. (239 x 190mm.)
In a contemporary Sunderland frame
Portrait of a Gentleman of the Baker Family, bust-length, in a dark coat and white cravat
signed with initials and dated top right '1705' and signed and inscribed on the backboard 'This Performance/in pastel (?) upon Wood/by E. Luttrell/Westminster/one of the Baker family'; pastel on panel
9 3/8 x 7½in. (239 x 190mm.)
In a contemporary Sunderland frame
Provenance
J. Thursby-Pelham.
Mrs Guy Argles and by descent.
Mrs Guy Argles and by descent.
Exhibited
Stirling, Smith Gallery, Old Master Paintings, May 1960.