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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY, SUFFOLK 1727-1788 LONDON)
Portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Lord Rodney (1718-1792), full-length, in naval uniform on a ship, with a sea battle in the background
inscribed and dated 'Lord Rodney / Ap.l 12 th: 1782' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 15 7/8 in. (61 x 40.5 cm.)
Provenance
By descent from the artist to his nephew,
Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797), London; his sale (†), Christies, London, 10 April 1797, lot 71 (2 gns. to the following),
Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie (1739-1808), and by descent to his grandson,
Henry George Reynolds Francis, 1st Earl of Ducie (1802-1853), Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire; his sale (†), Searle's, on the premises, 7-11 November 1853, lot 617.
Montague Chambers QC (1799-1885), London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 9 July 1886, lot 104 (23 gns. to the following).
Camille Groult (1832-1908), Bordeaux and Paris, and by descent.
with Historical Portraits, London.
Glyn Hopkins, England.
with Historical Portraits, London, by 2005.
Private collection.
with Simon Dickinson, London, by 2017, from whom acquired through John Driscoll in 2018 by the present owner.
Literature
J. Hayes, 'The Drawings of Gainsborough Dupont', Master Drawings, III, 1965, p. 245, as 'Gainsborough Dupont'.
J. Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-90, London, 2004, p. 406, as 'Gainsborough Dupont'.
H. Belsey, Thomas Gainsborough The Portraits, Fancy pictures, and copies after Old Masters, New Haven and London, 2019, II, pp. 721-722, no. 776, illustrated.
Exhibited
Winona, MN, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, on long-term loan, 2018-2022.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.