Lot 255
255
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
THE PROPERTY OF NANCY, LADY BAGOT (LOTS 254 and 255)
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of William Bagot, later 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798), half-length, in a grey coat with a blue waistcoat, in a feigned oval

Details
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of William Bagot, later 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798), half-length, in a grey coat with a blue waistcoat, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (76 x 62.6 cm.)
Provenance
By descent to Gerald, 5th Lord Bagot; Sotheby's, London, 17 October, 1945, lot 106, and subsequently reacquired by the family.
Literature
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1900, I, no. 42.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 69, no. 95, fig. 656.
Exhibited
On loan to Aston Hall, Birmingham, 1995-2010.

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Lot Essay

The sitter succeeded his father, Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Bt., on the latter's death in 1768, and was created 1st Baron Bagot in 1780. He was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1754-1780). For the portrait by Reynolds of the sitter's wife, see the previous lot.

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