A Boy with a Stick and Ball (dummy board)

British (English) School
National Trust Inventory Number 1529871.1

Category Paintings
Date 1700 - 1729
Materials Oil on wood
Measurements 1137 x 508 mm (44 3/4 x 20 in)
Place of origin
Collection Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, London and South East, National Trust

Summary description

Oil painting on wood, A Boy with a Stick and Ball (dummy board), British (English) School, early 18th century. A painted dummy board figure of a boy wearing Dutch 17th-century costume holding a wooded ball in his left hand and a hobby horse/golf stick in his right. One of a pair. See same figure at Chirk Castle (NT).

Provenance

Bequeathed by Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne (1898–1985)

Makers and roles

British (English) School, artist

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Place of origin
Materials Paint (29525)
Wood (126050)
Category Paintings (12562)
Collection Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (Accredited Museum) (3350)
Periods 18th century (84840)
Maker British (English) School (3723)
Subjects
Object Type Dummy board figure (2)

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