Sir John Watson Gordon (1788-1864) - Portrait of Charles Gordon and His Spaniel (D. 1858)

19th century

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Description

Fine and richly coloured 19th century portrait of Charles Gordon Esq. of Wiscombe Park Devon attributed to the celebrated artist Sir John Watson Gordon RA (1788-1864)

The ruddy faced sitter is depicted seated, three-quarter length in an extensive moorland landscape with his spaniel by his side. He wears the traditional costume of gentlemen of status namely a white shirt black cravat and black velvet jacket and under this a silk waistcoat in the Clan Gordon tartan.

Wiscombe Park is a 19th-century Gothic country house in Southleigh Devon which stands in parkland some 3 miles west of Colyton, The house is a grade II* listed building.The parkland now hosts the 1000 yard (914 metre) Wiscombe Park Hillclimb course.

Wiscombe belonged in medieval times to Otterton Priory and was granted in the reign of Henry VIII to Sir William Bonville, in whose time the Park was stocked with deer. It then passed to the Marquis of Dorset, later the Duke of Suffolk, after whose attainder it passed first to the Petre family and then to the Hows, from whom it was bought c.1815 by Charles Gordon of the Gordon family (The Earls of Aberdeen). The present house was built in 1826 by Joseph Power of Colyton for Gordon on the site of the old manor house.

Charles Gordon died in 1858.

This fine work is in an excellent state of conservation and is presented ready to hang and enjoy in a high quality gilded 19th century style frame.

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Canvas: 86cm x 67cm.

Framed: 105cm x 85 cm.

Physical Dimensions

Height

105cm (41.34")

Width

85cm (33.46")

Depth

4cm (1.57")

Declaration

Period Portraits has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1217165

Description

Fine and richly coloured 19th century portrait of Charles Gordon Esq. of Wiscombe Park Devon attributed to the celebrated artist Sir John Watson Gordon RA (1788-1864)

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The ruddy faced sitter is depicted seated, three-quarter length in an extensive moorland landscape with his spaniel by his side.

Period Portraits

He wears the traditional costume of gentlemen of status namely a white shirt black cravat and black velvet jacket and under this a silk waistcoat in the Clan Gordon tartan.

fig 1. SIR JOHN WATSON GORDON (1788-1864) - PORTRAIT OF CHARLES GORDON AND HIS SPANIEL (d. 1858) — fig 1. Sir John Watson Gordon (1788-1864) - Portrait of Charles Gordon and His Spaniel (D. 1858)

Wiscombe Park is a 19th-century Gothic country house in Southleigh Devon which stands in parkland some 3 miles west of Colyton, The house is a grade II* listed building.The parkland now hosts the 1000 yard (914 metre) Wiscombe Park Hillclimb course.

fig 2. SIR JOHN WATSON GORDON (1788-1864) - PORTRAIT OF CHARLES GORDON AND HIS SPANIEL (d. 1858) — fig 2. Sir John Watson Gordon (1788-1864) - Portrait of Charles Gordon and His Spaniel (D. 1858)

Wiscombe belonged in medieval times to Otterton Priory and was granted in the reign of Henry VIII to Sir William Bonville, in whose time the Park was stocked with deer. It then passed to the Marquis of Dorset, later the Duke of Suffolk, after whose attainder it passed first to the Petre family and then to the Hows, from whom it was bought c.1815 by Charles Gordon of the Gordon family (The Earls of Aberdeen). The present house was built in 1826 by Joseph Power of Colyton for Gordon on the site of the old manor house.