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Portrait of Captain Proby Portrait of Captain Proby

Portrait of Captain Proby

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Art Funded
1955
Dimensions
73 x 61 cm
Bequeathed by
Ernest Edward Cook through The Art Fund
Originally titled 'Portrait of Captain Edgecumbe'.

Provenance

Part of the E E Cook collection, grandson of Thomas Cook of Thomas Cook Travel Agency. Died in 1955 and bequeathed the entire contents of his house at Bath to the National Art Collections Fund.

Oil on canvas

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Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

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Image credit

1 . Portrait of Captain Proby

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