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| John Julius Angerstein (1736–1823) |
Artist:Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London) and Workshop
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, 1965
Accession Number:65.181.9
Not on view
Angerstein was a prominent financier and a founder of Lloyd's. The collection at his house in Pall Mall, formed with the advice of Lawrence, was bought by the British government after his death and forms the nucleus of the National Gallery, London.
This is one of several autograph replicas of a portrait painted in 1816.
Provenance
by descent to the sitter's grandson, John Julius William Angerstein, Weeting Hall, Norfolk (1858–d. 1866; his trustees, 1866–96; their sale, Christie's, London, July 4, 1896, no. 117, for £131.5.0 to Blakeslee); ?[T. J. Blakeslee, New York, from 1896]; ?Mrs. Benjamin C. Porter, New York (by 1908–at least 1910); [Newhouse, New York, by 1932–33; sold to Leyman]; Harry S. Leyman, Cincinnati (1933–35; sold to Levy); [John Levy, New York, 1935–36; sold to Lehman]; Mrs. Arthur (Adele L.) Lehman, New York (1936–d. 1965)
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