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Joseph and John Gulston, Esqrs Portrait of John Gulston, 1750-1764 and Joseph Gulston, 1744/45-1786
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Painter:
Cotes, Francis
(After)
Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, April 1958
Method of acquisition: Given (1958) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1771
Inscriptions on bottom "F. Cotes Pinxt." and "V. Green fecit" and "R. Sayer Perfecit" and "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs 1st Jany 1771". Inscription in pencil on the back "… Joseph Gulston who died in his 14th year July 16 1786. / He formed an ....[?] collection ... [?] portraits offered this collection to the Emperor of Russia for £20.000 which was refused. The colelction was sold in London on a 40 days sale realized ...[unreadable]".
Accession number: P.20-1958
Primary reference Number: 206106
Chaloner Smith: 59.II
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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