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British School, ? John Prideaux Basset with a Deer
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Trewithen
- Title(s)
- ? John Prideaux Basset with a Deer
- Date
- c.1748
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 133 cm, Overall width: 128 cm
- Artist
- British School
- Catalogue Number
- TN75
Description
This portrait of a young boy with a doe and fruit appears to be of the same sitter as in TN72, John Prideaux Basset (1740–1756), and of a similar date. In the inventory of March 1928, when it hung in the Nursery Corridor, the portrait was attributed to Allan Ramsay, who painted a portrait of John Prideaux Basset when slightly older (TN72, fig. 1). It currently hangs in the nearby family home at Creed.