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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
(English, 1727-1788)
Portrait of Sir John Skynner, (1723-1805)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in.

Provenance: - J.T. Batt, New Hall, Salisbury
- by descent to Abel Buckley
- Christie's London, May 4, 1901, Lot 60
- Lawrie Colnaghi, London, 1901
- Arthur Tooth & Son, London, 1903
- Scott & Fowles, Co., New York
- William Skinner I, Massachusetts, 1906
- By descent in the family
- Donated to Holyoke Library and Museum, 1975
- Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 1991 (sale no. 32, lot 7)
- A Private Massachusetts Collection

Literature: - E.K. Waterhouse, A Preliminary Checklist of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, Walpole Society, Vol. XXXIII, 1953, pp. 99.
- E. K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, 1958, no. 621. p. 89.

Other Notes: Sir John Skynner (1724 - 1805), an influential English judge, sat in the House of Commons from 1771 to 1777. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1771 and Lord Chief Baron in 1777, and was knighted in November 1777. Skynner attended Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, and studied law at Lincoln's Inn.


  • Condition: Restoration throughout, mainly along edges, most noticeable in u.l. corner; lined; uneven and yellowed varnish; considerable surface dirt and grime.


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