Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)

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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)

Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally thought to be General Thomas Meyrick, half-length, wearing a red coat with a blue collar

in a painted oval
30 1/8 x 25 1/8in. (76.5 x 64cm.)

Provenance

T. Humphrey Ward
with Agnew, by whom sold to J.J. Moubray , 1901
Moubray Sale; Christie's, 28 June 1929, (4,400 gns. to Colnaghi)
with Knoedler
André de Coppet, New York, 1933-54
with Agnew 1955
Kinross Collection
Private Collection, New York, 1964-1967

Literature

E.K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, 1958, p. 81, no. 484

Exhibited

London, Leggatt Brothers, An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Dr. D.M. McDonald, 1970, no. 7

Lot Essay

Waterhouse dated the present portrait to the late 1770's. The identification of the sitter has traditionally been given to General Thomas Meyrick (c.1764 - 1830). He entered the army in August 1779 as an Ensign in the 2nd Foot, became a Lieutenant in November 1779 (6th Foot), a Captain in February 1781 (28th Foot), a Major in January 1794 (82nd Foot), a Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1794 (99th Foot), a Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1794 (21st Foot), a Major-General in September 1803, a Lieutenant-General in July 1810 and a General in July 1821.

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