© Gainsborough's House
Portrait of Lambe Barry
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: Gainsborough's House
Date: 1758
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 x 64 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £80,000)
Vendor: Trustees of the 6th Sixth Baron de Saumarez's Will Trust
Review number: 4952 (2001)
Provenance:
By descent to Jane Broke who married 5th Baron de Saumarez; thence by descent; on loan to Gainsborough's House since 1961.
Description:
A portrait of Lambe Barry (1704-1768), High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1748 and listed as a Free-burgess of Ipswich in 1755. The sitter is depicted in a wig against a dark leafy background. Now thought to have been painted during the sitter's visit to Bath.
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