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Portrait of Rev Robert Hingeston (© Christchurch Mansion)
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© Christchurch Mansion

Portrait of Rev Robert Hingeston

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)

Location: Christchurch Mansion

Date: 1750 - 1760

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12,371 (Total: £61,145)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4806 (2000)

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).

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

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