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
After John Hoppner, R.A.
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).