Portrait of Rev Robert Hingeston

Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)

Christchurch Mansion

1750 - 1760

Oval portrait, Reverend shown in wig and traditional dress with a stern expression.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £12371 ( Total: £61,145)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

By descent from sitter to Dr John Hingeston. By descent to John Creuze Ogier, Hingeston Ogier family, Edward Milles Nelson. By descent to Col Bruce Nelson, his sale, Christie's 16 Jun 1961, lot 45, bt Turner, 450 gns (for the present owner's father).

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