Portrait of Sir Francis Basset
Thomas Gainsborough
- Art Funded
- 1959
- Dimensions
- 127 x 102 cm
- Vendor
- Sabin Galleries
Three quarter length seated portrait of the member of Parliament for Penzance.
The subject wears a pale-lavender coat and is seated cross-kneed on a green damask-covered chair. His left hand is tucked into a crimson waistcoat lavishly trimmed with gold, while his right rests on a black tricorn on his knee.
Provenance
Basset Family, Ston Easton