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Portrait of Sir Francis Ford's Children giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy
Artist: Sir William Beechey (1753 - 1839)
Location: Tate
Date: 1793
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 180 x 150 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £135,000)
Vendor: Dover Street Gallery
Review number: 3932 (1993)
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 1991.
Description:
The painting may reflect the involvement of Sir Francis Ford (1758-1801) of Ember Court, Surrey and Lears in Barbados in some charitable concerns usual for a man in his position; the alleviation of poverty was a matter for public debate.
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