Lot 1693
FOLLOWER OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, PRA (1723-1792)
THE HON. LEICESTER STANHOPE (1784-1862)
Oil study en grisaille, on paper
25 x 22.5cm.
Bears a label on the backboard, reading `This is an authenticated Study by Sir Joshua Reynolds & belonged with others to "Collins" the Miniature Painter by whom they were given to Mr Horrex (who was for many years assistant in the studio of Mr Collins) and by him this sketch was given to W. Money/ October 1869`
* Probably derived from a print of the subject by S. W. Reynolds (1833), see illustration. The completed oil by Reynolds, 74 x 62cm, was exhibited at the RA in 1788 and is now in a private collection.
