Portrait of Thomas Coward, Captain of the Buffs, bust-length, in red military dress

细节

Attributed to John Opie, R.A. (1761-1807)
Portrait of Thomas Coward, Captain of the Buffs, bust-length, in red military dress
oil on canvas
24 x 19¾ in. (60.9 x 50.2 cm.)

来源

Property of Boleyn Investments; Christie's, London, 19 October 1973, lot186, as 'Kettle' (withdrawn).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1985, lot 242.

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拍品专文

An old handwritten label on the reverse of the canvas identifies this portrait as 'Thomas Coward, captain in the Regiment of the Buffs, painted by Opie'. Thomas Coward is not identified in the army lists and is therefore likely to have been in one of the many volunteer regiments established in the latter decades of the eighteenth century.