File:Richard Wilson - Portrait of a gentleman (c.1749).jpg
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editRichard Wilson: Portrait of a Gentleman
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Portrait of a Gentleman
, Paul Panton (1727-1797) |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The sitter is likely to be the literary patron and antiquary Paul Panton. Panton was born in Flintshire, the eldest son of Paul Patton or Panton (d. 1752) and his wife, Margaret, the daughter and heir of Edward Griffith of Bagillt. The Pantons were an old Welsh family who could trace their ancestry back to Marchweithan, the supposed founder of one of the so-called fifteen tribes of Gwynedd. Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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| Date | Possibly 1749 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 66.4 cm (26.1 in); width: 53.4 cm (21 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Object history | By direct descent within the Panton family, at Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, Anglesey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Sotheby's, London, 09 Juli 2015, lot 226 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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