Title
Portrait of Charles Oldfield Bowles
Object Type
Creator
Date
ca. 1795
Description
Portrait of Charles Oldfield Bowles as a child with a large black dog.
Notes
Charles Oldfield Bowles (1785-1862) was the son of amateur painter and musician Oldfield Bowles (1739-1810) of North Aston, Oxfordshire. His older sister, Jane, was the subject of a childhood portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted around 1775, which is a favorite of visitors to the Wallace Collection in London.
This was the first of five John Hoppner paintings acquired over the course of 15 years by James B. Duke. He purchased it in 1908 not long after his marriage in 1907 to Nanaline Holt Inman, a widower from Atlanta who had a son, Walker, of about the same age as the sitter when Hoppner captured his likeness.
This was the first of five John Hoppner paintings acquired over the course of 15 years by James B. Duke. He purchased it in 1908 not long after his marriage in 1907 to Nanaline Holt Inman, a widower from Atlanta who had a son, Walker, of about the same age as the sitter when Hoppner captured his likeness.
Cultural Origin
English
Medium
oil on canvas
Extent
Overall: 48 x 62 1/2 in. (121.9 x 158.8 cm)
Collection
Source
William Harcourt; sold Christie's, London, February 23, 1907, lot 127, to Knoedler & Co. and Colnaghi; purchased by James B. Duke, October 31, 1908. At Rough Point by 1925; moved to Duke Farms, Hillsborough, New Jersey ca. 1954; returned to Rough Point in 2006.
Identifier
2006.1151
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