Sawrey Gilpin, R.A. (1733-1807), George Barret, R.A. (1732-1784), and Henry Walton, A.R.A. (c. 1746-1813)

Portrait of a Gentleman, possibly of the Mure of Caldwell Family, with a saddled grey hunter, in a wooded landscape

細節

Sawrey Gilpin, R.A. (1733-1807), George Barret, R.A. (1732-1784), and Henry Walton, A.R.A. (c. 1746-1813)
Portrait of a Gentleman, possibly of the Mure of Caldwell Family, with a saddled grey hunter, in a wooded landscape
signed and dated 'S. Gilpin 1780' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 42 in. (82.5 x 108 cm.)

來源

Purchased June 1934.

拍品專文

The sitter in this portrait has not been identified, but the provenance of an autograph, but unsigned, version in a private collection may be relevant. This was inherited by Mrs William Fitzhugh (1879-1962), who could have inherited it from her family - her great grandfather James Mure (1760-1846) was the second son of William Mure of Caldwell, Baron Mure (d.1778), by coincidence the 3rd Earl of Bute's Scottish agent - or from that of her husband (and first cousin), William Reginald Fitzhugh, whose great grandfather was William Fitzhugh, M.P., of Bannisters, Southampton (1757-1842) (see Burke's Landed Gentry, sub Fitzhugh of Plas Power).

This is one of a number of portraits in which Sawrey Gilpin worked in association with other artists, including, in addition to Barret and Walton, Wheatley and Reinagle.