Portrait of a boy, traditionally identified as Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735-1806), three-quarter-length, in a red coat and white cravat, a landscape beyond, in a feigned oval

Details

Attributed to George Smith of Chichester (1714-1776)
Portrait of a boy, traditionally identified as Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735-1806), three-quarter-length, in a red coat and white cravat, a landscape beyond, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas laid on board
30 x 24¾ in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Barbizon House, London.
with Vose Gallery, Boston, 1930.

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Lot Essay

George Smith was born in Chichester to William Smith, a tradesman. George's brothers, William (1707-1764) and John (1717-1764), were also artists. They were patronised by Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1701-1750). It is traditionally thought that the sitter in the present work is his son, Charles, later 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806).
We are grateful to Rosemary Baird, Curator of the Goodwood Collection, for her help in the cataloguing of this picture.

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