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Henry Knight of Tythegston with his three children (© National Museum Cardiff)
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© National Museum Cardiff

Henry Knight of Tythegston with his three children

Artist: Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810)

Location: National Museum Cardiff

Date: 1769 - 1771

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 236 x 146 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £86,970 (Total: £1,129,038)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4721 (1999)

Provenance:
By descent from the sitter at Thyegston Court, Glamorganshire

Description:
Full length in a landscape. Henry wears a grey coat, yellow breeches and waitcoat, his son Henry above him wears a green suit and holds a helmet, his daughter Ethelreda to his left wears a white dress, his son Robert wears a red suit and holds a sword

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