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Three quarter length portrait.
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford by Sir Joshua Reynolds, circa 1756 - 1757
© National Portrait Gallery
Details
- Category:
- Portrait
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas Dimensions: 127 x 102 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £25,618 ( Total: £170,786; Tax remission)
- Acquired in:
- 1999
- Vendor:
- Trustees of the Bowood Settlement Collection
Walpole wears a brown suit with white shirt and leans on his right elbow. Beside him is a print depicting an ancient marble eagle.
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
Venue details
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
020 7306 0055
www.npg.org.uk
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