Henry Walton (1745/6-1813)

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Portrait of a man with powdered hair wearing a blue coat
Unsigned, c. 1780.
Inscribed in ink on reverse RS.
Oil on panel, oval.
Within an early 20th century gilded frame, and glazed.

This painting which has been seen and authenticated by Evelyne Bell, the leading authority on the artist, is included in her catalogue of the works of Henry Walton, The Life and Work of Henry Walton, published by Gainsborough House Society, under the title Gentleman in a Green Coat (see p74 – No 176). After restoration the coat appeared to be blue rather than green, hence the new title. The portrait was also seen by Sotheby's in March 1985.

Henry Walton’s earliest recorded portraits date from 1768. Walton was a pupil of Johann Zoffany (1733-1810) before studying at the Maiden Lane Academy in Covent Garden, London. During the 1770s, Walton worked as a portraitist, painting single portraits and conversation pieces. Among his most celebrated sitters were Edward Gibbon, the Revd William Gilpin, Horatio Walpole, first Earl of Orford, and Lord Cornwallis. In the 1780s, Walton had some success at genre paintings and by the early 1790s he was established as a picture dealer and adviser to some major private collectors, including Lord Fitzwilliam. He exhibited at the Society of Artists and the Royal Academy.

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 9½ x 7½ in. (24 x 19.5 cm.) Frame size 11½ x 9½ in. (29.2 x 24.6 cm.) Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Date c. 1780 Late 18th Century Antiques Origin British Artist Henry Walton Condition Very Good Item code as176a110 Status Sold

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