TILLY KETTLE | PORTRAIT OF GEORGE LEGGE, 3RD EARL OF DARTMOUTH (1755-1810), HALF LENGTH, AS A YOUNG BOY IN A GREEN COAT AND YELLOW WAISTCOAT, HIS HEAD TURNED TO THE RIGHT

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May 29, 06:40 PM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Property from a Distinguished American Collection

TILLY KETTLE

London 1734 - 1786 Aleppo, Turkey

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE LEGGE, 3RD EARL OF DARTMOUTH (1755-1810), HALF LENGTH, AS A YOUNG BOY IN A GREEN COAT AND YELLOW WAISTCOAT, HIS HEAD TURNED TO THE RIGHT

oil on canvas, in a painted oval

canvas: 22½ by 17 ½ in.; 57.2 by 44.5 cm.

framed: 26¾ by 21¾ in.; 67.9 by 55.3 cm.

Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 10 July 2001, lot 53;

There acquired.

George Legge, known as Viscount Lewisham, was the son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Katherine, daughter of Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll. He was educated in Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and would become a politician sitting in the House of Commons from 1778 to 1784.