Circle of Johann Zoffany, R.A. (1733-1810)

Portrait of William Jewell (c.1746-1828) and his son, full-length, the former in a brown coat and breeches, with a hat under his left arm, holding a cane, the latter in a green suit, holding a hat with his right hand, a dog at their side, in a wooded land

细节

Circle of Johann Zoffany, R.A. (1733-1810)
Portrait of William Jewell (c.1746-1828) and his son, full-length, the former in a brown coat and breeches, with a hat under his left arm, holding a cane, the latter in a green suit, holding a hat with his right hand, a dog at their side, in a wooded landscape.
with identifiying inscription (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

来源

by descent from the sitters to the vendor.

拍品专文

The sitter is described in his obituary (The Gentlemans Magazine, April 1828, p.377) as the early friend of [Samuel] Foote - a patron of Zoffany - who superintended the 'pecuniary affairs' of the Haymarket Theatre and was subsequently Treasurer of the King's Theatre.