George Knapton English, 1698 - 1778 A Graduate of Merton College, Oxford, c. 1754/1755 oil on canvas Overall: 127.7 x 102.1 cm (50 1/4 x 40 3/16 in.) framed: 150.2 x 124.5 x 10.2 cm (59 1/8 x 49 x 4 in.) Gift of Mrs. Richard Southgate 1951.7.1

From the Tour: British Conversation Pieces and Portraits of the 1700s
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W.S.B. Grimson by 1930.[1] (M. Knoedler & Co.), London; probably purchased from (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York, by Mrs. Henry C. Lancashire; by descent to her daughter, Mrs. Richard Southgate, Manchester, Massachusetts; gift to NGA, 1951.

[1] A letter to Grimson about the picture, from the then Warden of Merton, in NGA curatorial files, is dated 20 March 1930.

Associated Names

• Grimson, W.S.B.
• Knoedler & Company, M.
• Knoedler & Company, M.
• Lancashire, Henry C., Mrs.
• Southgate, Richard, Mrs.

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