Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)

National Portrait Gallery

circa 1756 - 1757

Three quarter length portrait. Walpole wears a brown suit with white shirt and leans on his right elbow. Beside him is a print depicting an ancient marble eagle.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 127 x 102 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £25618 ( Total: £170,786; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Trustees of the Bowood Settlement Collection

Provenance

Thought to have been painted for Grosvenor Bedford; thence by descent; bought by 3rd Earl of Lansdowne before the Grosvenor Charles Bedford sale (C, 1861); thence by descent

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