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File:Sir Francis Grant - Portrait of Gerard Leigh, Master of the Hertfordshire hounds at a meet.jpg

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Summary

Francis Grant: "Portrait of Gerard Leigh, Master of the Hertfordshire hounds at a meet"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Francis Grant  (1803–1878)  wikidata:Q1628686
 
Francis Grant
Alternative names
Sir Francis Grant; Sir Grant; Francis Grant (Sir)
Description Scottish painter
Date of birth/death 18 January 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 5 October 1878 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Perth and Kinross Melton Mowbray
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1628686
Title
"Portrait of Gerard Leigh, Master of the Hertfordshire hounds at a meet"
Description
English: Portrait of John Gerard Leigh painted 1870 and exhibited under the name of 'Equestrian portrait of J. G. Leigh Esq.' at the Royal Academy in 1871. Later donated to St Albans Museum and auctioned in 1994 (London) and 1998 (New York)
Date 1870
date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 293 cm (115.3 in); width: 446 cm (14.6 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,293U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,446U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • exhibited under the name of 'Equestrian portrait of J. G. Leigh Esq.' at the Royal Academy in 1871
  • later donated to St Albans Museum
  • Auction: London, 1994
  • Auction: New York, 1998
Notes John Gerard Leigh's horses and the Hertfordshire hunt kennels were kept at his seat of Luton Hoo, Hertfordshire
Source/Photographer http://www.artnet.com/artists/sir-francis-grant/portrait-of-gerard-leight-master-of-the-PZUUQ7fnKrSKgpjgcZw4ng2

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