Portrait of the Poet, James Thompson (1700-1745)
Represented work of art
Artist
Stephen Slaughter
Dimensions0.448 x 0.372 (17 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches)
Inscription
- Inscribed on back of canvas: Portrait of Thompson the Poet by Slaughter; procured for the Earl of Buchan by his friend Richard Cooper, Esqr. , Engraver. / Thompson And His friend Dr. Armstrong, Peter Murdock, etc. Used to frequent old Slaughter"s Coffe house at London and This portrait was painted at that house by Slaughter a Kinsman of Slaughter[ "signed ] Buchan.
Provenance
- Leicester City Art gallery; Earl Of Buchan; Duke of Newcastle; Earl of Lincoln, sale Christie's, 4 June 1937 (101), bought by: Leicester City Art Gallery.
Exhibition history
- Midland Countries Art Museum, Nottingham castle, 1879; Leicester Museums and Art Gallery, Collection of Paintings, 1958 No 139
Publication history
- A. C. Sewter, in The Connoisseur, march, 1948, p. 12 repr. No. V.
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
Leicester Museums and Art Gallery
Archival context
Object numberPA-F02365-0021
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:PA-F02365
- Item:Portrait of the Poet, James Thompson (1700-1745)
ClassificationsArchival Document
Scope and content This series comprises images of works by artists who were British by birth, foreign artists who worked in Britain or foreign artists who painted British sitters abroad. The works featured date from c.1500 to c.1900. The images in this series form by far the largest part of the Photographic Archive. Images remain in their original order: organised A–Z by artist name. Significant artists, or those for which there is a wealth of material, have multiple folders of images. In these cases, images are further subdivided by genre or type, depending on the artist. They may also be organised in ‘catalogue raisonné order’. The images predominantly depict oil paintings but prints and other works on paper are also included.
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