George Legge, Lord Dartmouth
Peter Lely, English, 1618 - 1680
about 1680
Oil on canvas
Overall: 29 15/16 × 25 1/2 in. (76 × 64.8 cm)
Frame: 36 × 31 in. (91.4 × 78.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Malcolm and Catherine Greenough
P.994.41
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Old labels on reverse: on stretcher, lower center: label of framer: Thomas Cotton, London; on frame, upper center, exhibition label: Museum of Fine Arts [Boston?] / Artist: Sir Peter Lely / Subject: Portrait (Unknown) / Owner: Wm. W. Greenough / Date: May 10, 1878
Provenance
William W. Greenough, by 1878; probably by descent through the Greenough family; Malcolm and Catherine Greenough; given to present collection, 1994.
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