Lot Essay
The robes of office worn by the sitter are possibly those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the year the portrait was made, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley (1621-1683) held this position.
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Details
David Loggan (British, 1635-1692)
A gentleman wearing robes of office
Signed and dated ‘D: Loggan / delint / 1668’ (lower right)
Plumbago on parchment; oval, 144 mm. high, giltwood frame
A gentleman wearing robes of office
Signed and dated ‘D: Loggan / delint / 1668’ (lower right)
Plumbago on parchment; oval, 144 mm. high, giltwood frame
Provenance
With Pawsey & Payne, London, September 1928.
James Thursby-Pelham (1869-1947) Collection, London; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1947.
James Thursby-Pelham (1869-1947) Collection, London; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1947.
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