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Family Group

Maker

Follower of
(Artists)
1708-1787

Title

Family Group

Date of Production

1756

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 89.9 cm (canvas)
Width: 120.7 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.93

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Group portraits were a popular genre in 18th-century England. Unsuitably named “conversation pieces”, they often feature static sitters in a sparsely furnished interior. The settings are not accurate depictions of contemporary homes but are meant to reflect the family’s fashionable taste, here represented by the landscape painting and the porcelain on the mantelpiece. The artist’s name is not known but his composition echoes those of the contemporary painter Arthur Devis.

Provenance

Purchased by Lord Lee from Leggatt Brothers (London) in 1922 (as by B. Wilson, purchase price £300); Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

Courtauld Connects Regional Programme (Pilot) - Portraits, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 03/02/2017-04/06/2017

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