John Russell Guildford 1745-1806 Hull

Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir James Duff, half-length, in military uniform

細節

John Russell Guildford 1745-1806 Hull
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir James Duff, half-length, in military uniform
signed and dated 'J. Russell Pinx/1771' (center left)
oil on canvas
29½ x 24 in. 75 x 61 cm.

來源

H.R.H., The Princess Royal; Christie's, London, 26 June 1925, lot 85 (136 gns. to Nicholson).
with P. Jackson Higgs, New York, 1927.
with French & Co., New York.

出版

International Studio, May 1926, p. 93, illustrated.
Town and Country, 1 October 1927, p. 75.

拍品專文

Sir James Duff (1752-1839), General, was the only son of Alexander Duff of Kingston, N.B. He entered the army as an ensign in the 1st or Grenadier Guards on 18 April 1769. At the time of his death at Funtington, near Chichester, on 5 December 1839, he was Senior General in the British Army, having held a commission for over seventy years.