Copied shortly after the sitter's death from the Beechey portrait of c.1810 of which DG17 is a version. Bourgeois was an art dealer as well as an artist himself. He was one of the founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
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Title: Miniature portrait of Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois (after Beechey)
Support: Ivory mounted on card or paper, with added wooden backing
Provenance: Given by Mrs Marsh, friends of Noel Desenfans, to her God-daughter Mary Margaret Snowden; bequeathed to her sister Kate Snowden, 1937; presented by Miss Kate Snowden of Westcliff-on-Sea, 1938.
Artist After: Hayter, Charles
Acquisition Method: Snowden, Miss Kate (Gift, 1938)
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