Thomas Ottley (1717-1807)
Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (Paris 1725 – Shrewsbury 1805)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
460 x 360 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608057
Summary
Pastel on paper, Thomas Ottley (1717-1807) by Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (Paris 1725 – Shrewsbury 1805). c.1780. Bust length portrait of Thomas Ottley, turned slightly to the left, wearing powdered wig, pale blue coat and waistcoat. A label on the reverse reads: Thomas Ottley Esq r Aetatis 60.1776. Landscape background. An oval.
Provenance
Purchased from Christie's Country House Sale, Pitchford Hall, Shrewsbury 28/29 September 1992. Lot 632.
Marks and inscriptions
Thomas Ottley Esq r AEratis 60.1776 (label on reverse)
Makers and roles
Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (Paris 1725 – Shrewsbury 1805), publisher