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Portrait of Louisa, Lady Clarges

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)

Location: Holburne Museum of Art

Date: 1778

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 126 x 100 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £215,000; tax remission)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 3418 (1989)

Provenance:
The Hasluck Trust.

Description:
Portrait of Louisa, Lady Clarges playing the harp. She was probably the natural daughter of the Earl of Sandwich and Jane Sumner and was adopted by Sir William Skrine when he married her mother.

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