LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.04 in. (76.30 cm.) (height) by 25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'General James Hamilton / of Murdestoun' and with inventory number '31' (lower left), in its original running pattern frame

Exhibited:

London, White's Club, on loan in 1993.

Literature:

D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, pp. 237-8, no. 817; II, p. 203, fig. 249.

Provenance:

(Probably) Commissioned from the artist by the sitter in circa 1756-60. Anonymous sale [Property of a Lady]; Christie's, 12 April 1991, lot 16. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 March 2005, lot 53.