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Portrait of the Hon Philip Yorke, later 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (© Wimpole Hall)
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© Wimpole Hall

Portrait of the Hon Philip Yorke, later 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

Artist: Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784)

Location: Wimpole Hall

Date: 1740

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 127 x 102 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12,400 (Total: £32,935)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 4630 (1998)

Provenance:
By descent; sold at Christie's 27/3/1925 to Montague L Meyer; Sotheby's 3/4/1946; Bonhams 29/11/1987; Thomas Agnew & Son; Anthony Boynton Wood.

Description:
Three quarter length portrait. Wearing bron Van Dyck costume, with right arm resting on a plinth beside a column, a landscape beyond.

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