Sancho Panza and the Duchess (from Cervantes's 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' [1605-15])
Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1824 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1003 x 1232 mm (39 1/2 x 48 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485040
Caption
The artist was an English genre painter who grew up in America, emigrating to England in 1811, where he became a member of the Royal Academy and a frequent guest at Petworth. This work was exhibited there in 1824 and illustrates a scene from Cervantes’s novel Don Quixote.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sancho and the Duchess (from Cervantes's 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' [1605-15]) by Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859), 1824. Illustrating a scene from Cervantes's novel 'Don Quixote' showing Sancho Panza, sitting centre, profile left, touching his nose; behind him, to the right, four ladies by a dressing-table. On the left-hand side, the Duchess, seated, three-quarters right, with a dog by her and her duenna behind her.
Provenance
In the 3rd Earl of Egremont's (1751-1837) collection by 18 August 1828 (letter from Thomas Creevey to Bessie Ord describing a visit to Petworth); By descent to the current Lord Egremont. On loan from the Egremont Private Collection
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection
Makers and roles
Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859), artist
References
Waagen 1857 Gustav Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, vol.III, p.37.