Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.
Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.
Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.
Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.

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Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.

Sir Godfrey Kneller, British, 1646–1723
y1966-111

Information

Title
Sir Charles Barrington, Bart.
Maker
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127 x 103 cm (50 x 40 9/16 in.) frame: 150 × 125 × 8.9 cm (59 1/16 × 49 3/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Wilmer Hoffman, Class of 1913, Fund
Object Number
y1966-111
Culture
British
Type
paintings, oil paintings
Materials
canvas, oil paint
Subject
swords, men, portraits, wigs, figures (representations), jabots

Christie’s, London, sale of Nov. 2, 1945, no. 134; sold by Lt. Col. W. Selby-Lowndes, Whaddon [?] Hall, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Private Collection; purchased c. 1955 by Robert Draper (Washington Galleries, Miami Beach); 1966 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.

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