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The Little Gardener
The Little Gardener

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The Little Gardener

John Hoppner(English, 1758-1810)

Date
18th Century
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 x 40 1/2 (127.0 x 102.9) Frame: 60 1/8 x 50 3/8 x 5 in. (152.7 x 128.0 x 9.8 cm)
Department
European Painting
Classification
Paintings
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher
Accession No.
48.384
Provenance
? London, sale, (Christie's) Thomond (Dowager Marchioness of) 18-19 May, 1821; England, Somerly, Hampshire, Collection Welbore Ellis, 2nd Earl of Normanton, by descent to his grandson, the Earl of Normanton, bt. Agnew, 1928; London, sale, (Agnew's), bt. Howard Young for $90,000, 1928; London, sale (Howard Young,) sold to Alfred Fisher for $125,000; Detroit, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher by whom given to The Detroit Institute of Arts in 1948.
Keywords
canvas, oil, paint, portrait, full length

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