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THE DESMOND HEYWARD COLLECTION, FROM HASELEY COURT, OXFORDSHIRE
GILBERT CHARLES STUART (SAUNDERSTOWN 1755-1828 BOSTON)
Portrait of Sir William Molesworth, 6th Bt. (1758-1798), half-length, in a red coat with a black collar, in a feigned oval
Details
GILBERT CHARLES STUART (SAUNDERSTOWN 1755-1828 BOSTON)
Portrait of Sir William Molesworth, 6th Bt. (1758-1798), half-length, in a red coat with a black collar, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of Sir William Molesworth, 6th Bt. (1758-1798), half-length, in a red coat with a black collar, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to Sir Lewis William Molesworth (1853-1912), 11th Bt., Trewarthenick, Cornwall.
P.A. Welman, Trewarthenick, Cornwall; Christie's, London, 9 July 1926, lot 144, 1050 gns. to the following,
D. H. Farr, Philadelphia.
with Ehrich-Newhouse Galleries, New York.
Percy Pyne II (1882-1950), New York.
with The Leger Galleries, London, November 1988.
P.A. Welman, Trewarthenick, Cornwall; Christie's, London, 9 July 1926, lot 144, 1050 gns. to the following,
D. H. Farr, Philadelphia.
with Ehrich-Newhouse Galleries, New York.
Percy Pyne II (1882-1950), New York.
with The Leger Galleries, London, November 1988.
Literature
A. Graves and W. Cronin, A history of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1899, II p. 652, as 'Joshua Reynolds'.
Sir W. Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy, London and New York, 1900, p. 220, as 'Joshua Reynolds'.
Sir W. Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy, London and New York, 1900, p. 220, as 'Joshua Reynolds'.
Exhibited
Providence, Rhode Island, The Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Exhibition of Portraits by Gilbert Stuart, 1936, no. 11.
London, The Leger Galleries, Realism through Informality: The Conversation Piece in 18th Century Britain, 12 October-25 November 1983, no. 14.
London, The Leger Galleries, English Pictures for the Country House, 30 May-25 July 1986, no.17.
London, The Leger Galleries, Realism through Informality: The Conversation Piece in 18th Century Britain, 12 October-25 November 1983, no. 14.
London, The Leger Galleries, English Pictures for the Country House, 30 May-25 July 1986, no.17.
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections