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( British, 1726 - 1770 )
Portrait of William Earle Welby (c. 1734-1815), of Denton, Lincolnshire and his first wife, Penelope (1737-1771), playing chess, before a draped curtain
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
53.23 in. (135.20 cm.) (height) by 60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (width)
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1769, no. 26, as 'A portrait of a lady and gentleman at chess'. London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School, 1881, no. 49.
Literature:
E.M. Johnson, Francis Cotes: Complete Edition with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue, Oxford, 1976, pp. 99-100, no. 287, fig. 94.
Provenance:
by descent in the sitters' family to the present owner.
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