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Portrait of Sir William Killigrew
Title
[Portrait of Sir William Killigrew] [art original].
Production
[England], [18th century?]
Physical Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; framed to 104.1 x 83 cm
Medium
canvas oil.
Notes
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Horace Walpole incorrectly, or aspirationally, believed this to be a portrait of John Milton whose name is inscribed on the frame.
Unknown creator.
Copy after Anthony Van Dyck.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A Portrait of Milton.
Provenance
Owned by Horace Walpole. 1842, May 18, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 21, Lot 7 bt Bryant, £13.2.6;1944, October 4, Sotheby's (Viscount Weymouth Collection, Norton Hill?), lot 139 bt Davis & Orioli; 1945, Davis & Orioli, London, bt W.S. Lewis; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Summary
A three-quarter length portrait of Sir William Killigrew. He stands before large columns on the left and a treed landscape on the right. He wears 17th century court attire.
Text from both the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: Over the chimney, an original half-length of Milton, aet. 45, in black, a ring tied to one of his button holes.
Variant and related titles
Former title: Portrait of John Milton
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Added to Catalog
April 07, 2015
References
Portrait of Sir William Killigrew. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Portrait of Sir William Killigrew. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait paintings.
Oil paintings (visual works)
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