Lot 125
125
Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
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Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of a young man, previously identified as Edward Gibbon, half-length, in a green coat with gold frogging and buttons

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Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of a young man, previously identified as Edward Gibbon, half-length, in a green coat with gold frogging and buttons
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.6 cm.)
Provenance
Alfred Morrison, M.P., (1821-1897), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, and by descent to the present owner.
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Lot Essay

Alfred Morrsion was the second son of James Morrison, M.P. (d.1857) of Balham Hill, London, and Basildon Park, Berkshire. The son of an innkeeper in Hampshire, James Morrison had made his fortune in London, first in habedashery and then in banking. A distinguished connoisseur, he formed a remarkable collection of British and Old Master pictures, including a number of historic portraits.

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