Portrait of Wadham Pigott
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: North Somerset Museum
Date: 1768
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 74 x 61 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,000 (Total: £110,000)
Vendor: Anthony Mould
Review number: 4108 (1994)
Provenance:
By descent in the Smyth-Pigott family; Mrs Cecil Smyth-Pigott sale, Christie's, 19/5/11, lot 86, bought A.Wertheimer; Adolf Hirsch; trustees of A.Hirschsale, Christie's, 22/6/73, lot 82, bought Douglas; with Antony Mould.
Description:
Wadham Pigott lived in Weston-Super-Mare and was appointed full-time curate-in-charge of the parish of Weston in 1790. During his lifetime, Wadham oversaw the emergence of Weston-super-Mare from a small fishing village to a bathing resort of growing popularity. With his brother John he arranged a number of Enclosure Acts which proved essential in allowing the town to grow.
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