© Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Double Portrait of Henry and Mary Styleman
Artist: Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810), Joseph Farington (1747 - 1821), Sawrey Gilpin (1733 - 1807)
Location: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1780 - 1783
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 182 x 259 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £300,000 (Total: £1,400,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Simon Dickinson Ltd
Review number: 4858 (2000)
Provenance:
Commissioned by Henry Styleman on his marriage 1780 to Mary Gregg. By descent through Styleman L'Strange family to Bernard L'Strange. Sold through Leger Gallery, London to Lady Ann Thompson, descendant of L'Estrange family & mother of present vendor.
Description:
He stands holding a tricorn hat in his left hand. She wears a scarlet riding habit, with her left arm resting on the head of a light bay horse, a dark horse stands behind with a groom. Dogs in the foreground. To the right distance, a mounted groom leads a horse. Work by Zoffany, Gilpin and Farington.
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