Allan Ramsay

Portrait of Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Bt. (died 1752), three-quarter-length, in a burgundy coat and a blue cloak



Allan Ramsay - Portrait of Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Bt. (died 1752), three-quarter-length, in a burgundy coat and a blue cloak



Allan Ramsay
Portrait of Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Bt. (died 1752), three-quarter-length, in a burgundy coat and a blue cloak
123 x 97 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed on ledge, lower right: A. Ramsay/1740
Inscribed upper left: Sir John Hinde Cotton. Bart. MP.
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2012


Provenance

Probably commissioned by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Bt. (1692-1749) and by descent to Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn, 8th Bt.
his sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 1947, nr. 52
with Doig, Wilson and Wheatley, Edinburgh, 1948, purchased by Charles Ballantyne and sold in the same year to the 2nd Viscount Weir
sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1980, nr. 374
sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1985, nr. 46, purchased by Colnaghi
sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 March 2004, nr. 8
with Richard Green Fine Paintings, London
sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2012, nr. 92

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