Sir John Dryden, 7th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby (1704 - 1770)
school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1725 - 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1290 x 1000 mm
Order this imageCollection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 494919
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir John Dryden, 7th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby (1704 - 1770), school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator wearing a blue coat and powdered wig, landscape with trees on the right with distant horizon and cloudy sky.
Provenance
On loan as part of the Dryden Discretionary Settlement
Makers and roles
school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist