Henry Compton
Portrait
ca. 1780 (made)
ca. 1780 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Portrait of Henry Compton, half-length seated, facing half-right. Black and red chalk
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Henry Compton (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | black and red chalk |
| Brief description | John Hoppner. Henry Compton, page-in-waiting to George III. Black and red chalk, c. 1780 |
| Physical description | Portrait of Henry Compton, half-length seated, facing half-right. Black and red chalk |
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| Object history | The sitter married Miss Mary Dacres, lady in charge of the Royal children, in 1777. Their daughter, Augusta Caroline, married Captain Thomas Baynes, R.N., in whose family the drawing has descended. A miniature portrait of the sitter, attributed to R. Collins, is P.11-1950, and one of his wife by A. B. Lens is P.9-1950, both in the Department of Paintings. For an album of drawings by the sitter see E.500-534-1950 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.536-1950 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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