Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Art Funded
- 1999
- Dimensions
- 127 x 102 cm
- Vendor
- Trustees of the Bowood Settlement Collection
Three quarter length portrait.
Walpole wears a brown suit with white shirt and leans on his right elbow. Beside him is a print depicting an ancient marble eagle.
Provenance
Thought to have been painted for Grosvenor Bedford; thence by descent; bought by 3rd Earl of Lansdowne before the Grosvenor Charles Bedford sale (C, 1861); thence by descent