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English School, Unknown Young Man
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- Unknown Young Man
- Date
- ? c.1700
- Location
- Long Gallery
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 123 cm, Overall width: 100 cm
- Artist
- English School
- Catalogue Number
- DN92
Description
Although the portrait is called John Hussey Delaval, he was not born until 1728. This portrait is of a young man aged about sixteen, and on stylistic grounds cannot be later than about 1700. It is perhaps a portrait of an earlier generation of the Delaval family.