An Unknown Boy with a Spaniel
attributed to Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1785 - circa 1795
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932350
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), An Unkown Boy with a Spaniel (? later the Reverend Henry Grey (1783 - 1860), attributed to Sir William Beechey RA (Burford 1753 – Hampstead 1839). circa 1785 -95. An oval three-quarter-length portrait of a boy, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, with shoulder-length blond hair, his left hand on the head of a spaniel, right which looks up at him. He is wearing a pale brown coat and frilled white collar and cuffs and has a black hat under his right arm. Landscape setting, tree to the left, trees and shrubs and sky to the right.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Makers and roles
attributed to Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839), artist previously catalogued as attributed to George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797), artist British (English) School, artist