John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)

Portrait of Henry Sykes Thornton, half-length, in a dark coat, in a landscape

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John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)
Portrait of Henry Sykes Thornton, half-length, in a dark coat, in a landscape
oil on canvas
30 x 24½ in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm.)
in an English 18th Century carved and gilded Maratta frame

Lot Essay

The sitter was the son of Henry Thornton (1760-1815), a philanthropist and economist, and his wife Marianne, only daughter of Joseph Sykes, of West Ella, near Hull. The sitter was a partner in Messrs Williams, Deacon & Co.

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