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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of Richard Ironmonger Troward (1751-1815), small full-length, seated at a table in his office, 22 Norfolk Street, the Strand, in coat and breeches with his hands resting on an open book, a view of the Thames through a window beyond
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The
son of a tailor, Francis Wheatley was born in Covent Garden in 1747, and was
trained at William Shipley’s drawing school, as well as at the newly
established Royal Academy Schools. He won several prizes from the
Society of Artists during the early phase of his career. His early work
consists mainly of portraits and conversation pieces, which recall the
manner of Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) and Benjamin Wilson (1721 (showing 500 of 1860 characters). |
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