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Gainsborough Dupont

Drawing
ca.1775 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Gainsborough, Thomas (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Bath (drawn)

Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleGainsborough Dupont (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Water-colour and chalk, varnished
Varnish
Chalk
Water-Colour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Thomas Gainsborough of the artist's nephew and assistant Gainsborough Dupont, ca.1775.
Physical description
Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Width: 14.3cm
  • Frame height: 364mm
  • Frame width: 313mm
  • Frame depth: 32mm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
British School
Georgian
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'T. Gainsb. ft…Gainsborough Dupon, Painter' (Inscribed in a later hand)
  • 'Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont in chalks by Gainsborough Bath about the year 1775.' (Inscribed on the back in Gainsborough Dupont's hand)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Claude D. Rotch
Object history
This drawing was sold at Christie's, 15 July 1958, Lot 220 and exhibited at the Arts Council, 'Gainsborough Drawings', 1960 (No.68).
Subjects depicted
Artist
Dupont, Gainsborough
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Gainsborough Drawings. London : Arts Council, 1960 no. 68
  • pp. 128-9 David H. Solkin, with Ann Bermingham and Susan Sloman.‎ Gainsborough's family album. London : National Portrait Gallery, [2018]‎. ISBN: 9781855147904
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.80-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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