Judge William Gorton as a Boy
Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1773 - 1839
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597983
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Judge William Gorton as a Boy by Sir William Beechey RA (Burford 1753 – Hampstead 1839). A half-length portrait of a young boy, turned slightly to right, gazing to the right, seated in a red upholstered high-backed chair; light brown/reddish hair swept forward, dressed in tight-fitting short-waisted plum-coloured coat, grey breeches, high white stock, white cravat. Dark background.
Provenance
Bequest of Captain Kerr; arrived at Montacute on the death of his widow, 26 February 1957
Makers and roles
Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839), artist