Sir Francis Bourgeois

William BeecheyBefore 1811

Details

Title: Sir Francis Bourgeois
Creator Lifespan: 1753 - 1839
Date: Before 1811
Physical Dimensions: w622 x h749 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Nationality: British
Support: Panel
Provenance: Gift of W. Beechey.
Further Information: Bourgeois is shown wearing the Polish Order of Merit awarded to him by Stanislaw Augustas in 1791. This is likely to have been paintedc.1810, on the back of a work by Reynolds (see Reynolds DPG17A). Other versions by Beechey are in the National Portrait Gallery (231) and Sir John Soane's Museum (114), although it is no longer clear which of three surviving autograph bersions was Beechey's original. It is not certain which versions were those exhibited at the RA (221 The kate Sir. F. Bourgeois RA) in 1813 and the Society of British Artists in 1830 (101). For copies, see Bourgeois DPG465 and DPG466.
Artist: Beechey, Sir William
Acquisition Method: Beechey, William (Gift, 1836)

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