Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), half-length
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Lot Closed
January 17, 03:55 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
After John Hoppner, R.A.
Portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), half-length
oil on canvas
unframed: 76.5 x 63.3 cm.; 30⅛ x 24⅞ in.
framed: 98.5 x 88.5 cm.; 38¾ x 34⅞ in.
By descent in the Boothby family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, to the present owner.
This portrait is a later nineteenth-century painting derived from Hoppner's portrait of Pitt the Younger, a fine studio version of which is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG L267).
