Attributed to John Hoppner, R.A.

Col. W. Hall Walker, M.P., Gate Avenue Grange, near Liverpool, by 1907;
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Kimbell, Fort Worth, Texas;
By whose Estate sold, New York, Sotheby’s, 20 April 1983, lot 6;
Where acquired by a private collector, New Jersey;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby’s, 10 October 1991, lot 150;
Anonymous sale ("Property From a Distinguished Collection"), New York, Sotheby's, 22 May 2018, lot 137;
Where acquired.  

W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner, R.A., London 1909, p. 52 (as by Hoppner of the Duke of Clarence).

London, Burlington House, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition of Old Masters, 1907, no. 129 (as by Hoppner of the Duke of Clarence).

We are grateful to Christopher Bryant for identifying the uniform worn by this young man as that of an officer of the Royal Artillery.  This pattern of coat was worn in the Royal Artillery from circa 1797 until 1812, when it was changed to a short-tailed jacket with gold embroidered buttonholes.