George Knapton Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George Knapton Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 08, 2024
Attrib. to George Knapton (1698-1778), portrait of a gentleman, seated nearly full length, wearing a red coat and breeches, experimenting, oil on canvas 125 x 102 cm. (49.2 x 40.1 in.), Frame: 150 x 122 cm. (59.0 x 48.0
Est: €6,000 - €10,000
Attrib. to George Knapton (1698-1778), portrait of a gentleman, seated nearly full length, wearing a red coat and breeches, experimenting, oil on canvas In a carved giltwood frame.
Carlo Bonte Auctions
Jul. 04, 2024
Portrait of a lady in Turkish costume
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Attributed to George Knapton London 1698–1778 Portrait of a lady in Turkish costume oil on canvas unframed: 75.7 x 61.9 cm.; 29¾ x 24⅜ in. framed: 90.6 x 76.5 cm.; 35⅝ x 30⅛ in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2023
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (LONDON 1698-1778) Portrait of Lady Robert Bertie
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (LONDON 1698-1778) Portrait of Lady Robert Bertie, née The Hon. Mary Blundell (1719-98), when Lady... oil on canvas 30 x 24 7⁄8 in. (76.2 x 63.2 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 13, 2023
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a buff coat, within a painted oval
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a buff coat, within a painted oval indistinctly signed 'Knap**' (lower left) oil on canvas 54.6 x 47.5cm (21 1/2 x 18 11/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a pink and white dress, within a painted oval; and Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a buff coat, within a painted oval (2)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a pink and white dress, within a painted oval; and Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a buff coat, within a painted oval a pair, oil on canvas 45.9 x 48.2cm (18 1/16 x 19in). (2)
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a boy, half-length, in buff, within a painted oval
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of a boy, half-length, in buff, within a painted oval indistinctly signed 'Knap**' (lower left) oil on canvas 54.6 x 47.5cm (21 1/2 x 18 11/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778) Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778) Portrait of Admiral Sir John Norris (c.1660-1749), three-quarter-length, in a brown coat, with tricorn hat under his left arm, leaning on a pedestal, a man-o'-war flying the admiralty flag beyond with identifying inscription on a label verso, oil on canvas 140 x 114cm Sir John Norris was knighted after the battle of Malaga in 1704 and played a prominent role in the Siege of Toulon two years later. Between 1707 and 1749 he was a member of the Houses of Parliament in both Rye (1707-1722 and 1734-1749) and Portsmouth (1722-1734). In 1718 he was appointed Lord of the Admiralty, a post he held until 1730. A related portrait by Knapton of the sitter is in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (BHC2912).
Sworders
Sep. 21, 2022
Attribué à George KNAPTON Lymington, Hampshire, 1697 - Londres, 1778 Portrait de femme à la robe blanche et au drapé bleu Pastel sur...
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Attribué à George KNAPTON Lymington, Hampshire, 1697 - Londres, 1778 Portrait de femme à la robe blanche et au drapé bleu Pastel sur papier 58 x 48,50 cm (22 3/4 x 19 in.) (Déchirures dans les angles) Portrait of a lady in a white dress, pastel, attr. to G. Knapton Provenance : Collection Gaston Palewski, selon une étiquette au verso Commentaire : Nous remercions Monsieur Neil Jeffares pour son aide à la rédaction de cette notice. Estimation 1 500 - 2 000 €
Artcurial
Oct. 07, 2021
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Miss Shepherd Oil on canvas 36
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Miss Shepherd Oil on canvas 36 x 27-1/2 inches (91.4 x 69.9 cm) The Estate of Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Harrison, Shreveport, Louisiana PROVENANCE: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London (label verso); Knoedler & Co., New York, 1916 (stock no. 13953); Mrs. Monroe D. Robinson, New York, acquired from the above, 1917. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 09, 2020
Circle of George Knapton (English, 1698-1778)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Circle of George Knapton (English, 1698-1778) Portrait of a gentleman in a red velvet jacket, white stock and long curled wig, seated, three-quarter length, holding a book oil on canvas, in a foliate carved 18th century frame 74 x 62cm Footnote: Provenance: Mr Ward, Blewbury, Berkshire; Private Irish Collection, Cheffins, Cambridge, The Sir John Plumb Sale, 14 May 2002, lot 61, where acquired by the present owner The sitter is holding a book labelled 'Sydenham', which is a reference to Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), the famous physician known as the 'English Hippocrates'. Among his other works, Sydenham notably wrote Observationes Medicae, which became the standard textbook of medicine for two centuries. The presence of a book by Sydenham would suggest that the sitter was a physician.
Cheffins
Dec. 05, 2020
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778), "Portrait of a Lady in Saffron Silk"
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) "Portrait of a Lady in Saffron Silk, Possibly the Right Honourable Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, Later Lady Lee (1739-1811)" oil on canvas unsigned, a "James Bourlet & Sons, Ltd./Nassau Street" framer's label and partial Gander & White/London" shipping label en verso, white chalk marked "786/Pendley/248" across top bar of stretcher, numbered "11" on center stretcher bar, and marked "345" verso canvas upper right. In an attractive carved giltwood frame. 51-1/2" x 38-3/4", framed 59-1/4" x 46-1/4" Literature: Edward William Harcourt, ed., The Harcourt Papers, Volume I(Oxford: James Parker & Co.), 1880, pp. 253-254.; Bruce Redford, Dilettanti: The Antic and Antique in Eighteenth-Century England (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum), 2008.; Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N., Aedes Hartwellianae, or Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell (London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son), 1851-1864, including illustrations by Lady Lee.; The Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume I (London: W. Owen), nd, p. 283.; Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, online edition, accessed pastellists.com Notes: The presumed sitter of this portrait, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, was the only daughter of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt and his first wife Rebecca Le Bas of Pipewell Abbey. Her father was a member of the Royal Court, having served as Lord of Bedchamber to George II, Ambassador Extraordinary to Mecklenburg-Strelitz, to facilitate the engagement of Princess Charlotte and George III, and Lord Chamberlain of Queen's Household, among other numerous prestigious positions. He was to end his career as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. As befitting her father's position at court, Lady Elizabeth was one of only ten young ladies chosen to be a train bearer to Queen Charlotte at her wedding to George III in 1761. In 1763, Lady Elizabeth wed Sir William Lee, 4th Baronet Hartwell; of their three children, only two sons survived to adulthood. The Harcourt family were patrons of the arts, and Lady Elizabeth and her brother received drawing lessons from Court painters; for several years they studied pastel under Sir George Knapton. She was considered an able and accomplished artist and her Portrait of George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan as a Boy, sold at Christie's London: the Althorp Attic Sale, July 8th, 2010, lot 456. Sir George Knapton was a society painter closely associated with the Court of George III. He studied under Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745) and attended St. Martin's Lane Academy (the precursor of the Royal Academy) before embarking on a seven-year Grand Tour in Italy. While in Rome, he made the acquaintance of several wealthy young Englishmen, all scions of the wealthiest and most privileged aristocratic families. Upon their return to England, these men formed the infamous Society Dilettanti, a club ostensibly for the admiration and promotion of the arts and architecture. Knapton was one of the founding members and was made the official "limner" of the association. According to the Society's decree of January 1740, "Every member of the Society do make a present of his Picture done by Mr. Geo. Knapton a Member to be hung up in the Room where the said Society meets"; should a member be negligent in this, a formidable fine would result. Knapton maintained this position until his resignation in 1763, completing over twenty portraits. Later "limners" included Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Society afforded Knapton contact with some of the most influential members of the Royal Court, and in 1750 he was tasked by the then Prince of Wales to catalogue and document the paintings in the royal residences, including those conserved at Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle. Knapton was later named Surveyor of the King's Pictures, a tenure that lasted from 1765 until his death in 1778. A portrait of Lady Elizabeth Harcourt attributed to George Knapton is in the collection of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire. The resemblance of the Sudbury portrait and the one offered in this lot are striking; both sitters reveal a distinct physiognomy of high, prominent forehead, slender jawline, narrow shoulders and deeply sloping bosom. The Harcourt Estate and Family Papers are conserved at the Bodleian Libraries Archive, University of Oxford and the Hartwell House Papers are held by the National Archives, Kew, Richmond.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Sep. 11, 2019
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, SEATED FULL LENGTH IN HIS STUDY, RECEIVING A LETTER FROM A SERVANT Inscribed on old label verso 'Alexander Pope in his villa at Twickenham', oil on canvas 77.5 x 100.5cm
Sworders
Jun. 23, 2019
18h c. O/c portrait of an English gentleman
Est: $600 - $800
18th century oil on canvas three-quarter length portrait of a gentleman seated at his desk, in the style of George Knapton (British, 1698-1778), sitter is dressed in a powdered full-bottom wig, a linen cravat tied around his neck, and a three piece suit with tightly spaced covered buttons, including a collarless coat with boot cuffs extending to his elbows, a long waistcoat, and breeches all of one cloth, having no visible signature, 49.5"h x 39.5"w, overall size with frame 58.5"h x 49.5"w x 2.25"d.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Apr. 28, 2018
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778): PORTRAIT OF GIRL IN A PINK DRESS
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778): PORTRAIT OF GIRL IN A PINK DRESS Oil on canvas, unsigned. 50 x 40 in., 58 x 46 in. (frame). Property from the Collection of Rose Cumming
STAIR
Jun. 24, 2017
GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778): PORTRAIT OF THE REVEREND JOHN UPTON OF TAUNTON IN ACADEMIC ROBES
Est: $2,500 - $5,000
GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778): PORTRAIT OF THE REVEREND JOHN UPTON OF TAUNTON IN ACADEMIC ROBES Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined, with label from Lane Fine Art, London. 30 x 25 in., 37 x 32 in. (frame). Literature: Sir Ellis Waterhouse, Dictionary of British 19th Century Paintings, illust. p. 200. Provenance: Sold Sotheby''s, London, February 1932, Lot 74; Thence by descent; Lane Fine Art, London.
STAIR
Oct. 26, 2016
Attributed to George Knapton (London Portrait of a girl, full-le
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Attributed to George Knapton (London Portrait of a girl, full-length oil on canvas 55 7/8 x 35 in. (142 x 88.9 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 16, 2016
George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Portrait of Miss Lucinda Holt of Redgrave (1719-1792), half-length, in white, wearing a blue ros...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Portrait of Miss Lucinda Holt of Redgrave (1719-1792), half-length, in white, wearing a blue rosette, blue ribbons in her hair, pearl earrings and a pink shawl signed lower left "Knapton / pxt. 1750" oil on canvas, a painted oval, in a carved and giltwood frame h:75 w:62 cm Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter at Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. Lucinda Holt married Thomas Wilson (see Lot 815) , a Barrister of Gray's Inn, and Chief Justice of Dominica, in 1752; Lucinda Holt was the heiress of her brother, Thomas at Redgrave Hall.
Cheffins
Jun. 16, 2016
Circle of George Knapton (English, 1698-1778) - Portrait of Rowland Hill III of Redgrave, head and shoulders, in blue
Est: £400 - £600
Circle of George Knapton (English, 1698-1778) Portrait of Rowland Holt III of Redgrave (1723-1786), head and shoulders, in a grey waistcoat and blue frogged coat, with white lace stock oval, oil on canvas laid down on panel Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter at Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. Rowland Holt of Redgrave (1723-1786) was a Jacobite sympathiser. He paid court to Prince Charles Stuart in Rome whilst on the Grand Tour. He commissioned Capability Brown to redesign Redgrave Park and rebuild the house there. Rowland Holt was MP for Suffolk in 1759.
Cheffins
Jan. 26, 2016
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON, (BRITISH 1698-1778), ELEGANT CHILDREN WITH THEIR DOG IN A LANDSCAPE
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (british 1698-1778)/span ELEGANT CHILDREN WITH THEIR DOG IN A LANDSCAPE Oil on canvas 48 x 39 1/8 in. (121.9 x 99.4cm) provenance: /spanProperty of an Estate, Washington, DC.
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 15, 2013
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778), PORTRAIT OF
Est: £800 - £1,200
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE DOWNES FAMILY OF POTT SHRIGLEY HALL, CHESHIRE, HALF LENGTH, IN A BLUE COAT AND RED WAISTCOAT Oil on canvas 76 x 63cm, in an 18th century gilt carton pierre frame
Sworders
Jul. 05, 2013
George Knapton (London 1698-1778)
Est: -
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of an officer, thought to be Major William Caulfield (c. 1698-1767), half-length, in a breastplate and a red coat, a park landscape beyond signed and dated 'Knapton fec 174*' (lower left) oil on canvas 51 x 41 in. (129.5 x 104.2 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2012
Circle of; George Knapton (1698-1778) British.
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Circle of; George Knapton (1698-1778) British. Originally thought to be a Portrait of Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Composer, holding a Traverso, this could possibly be a Portrait of his Son, Michael Arne (1740/1-1786), Oil on Canvas, 26.7" x 22.3" Provenance; Mr & Mrs Fielding Lewis Marshall sale, Bonhams March 28th 1974, as Gainsborough.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 04, 2012
GEORGE KNAPTON
Est: £100,000 - £150,000
LONDON 1698 - 1778 PORTRAIT OF LADY ELIZABETH HOWARD (1701-1739), ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CHARLES HOWARD, 3υRD EARL OF CARLISLE, IN TURKISH COSTUME oil on canvas 91 by 71 cm.; 35½ by 28 in.
Sotheby's
Mar. 23, 2012
George Knapton (1698-1778) Portrait of Mrs Knight,
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
George Knapton (1698-1778) Portrait of Mrs Knight, standing, three quarter length, holding a basket containing birds Inscribed Mrs Knight, oil on canvas, 95cm by 71.5cm George Knapton, the son of a City Merchant, spent seven years as apprentice to Jonathan Richardson the elder and attended the St Martin's Lane Academy. He was a founder-member of the Roman Club and following a tour of Italy founded the Society of Dilettanti becoming their official portrait painter in 1740. A well recorded portrait by Knapton depicts Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (painted c.1748/9 which sold at Christie's 11 Dec 2009 Lot 146). In June 1750 Robert Knight's son, the Hon Henry Knight married Frances Heath, daughter of Thomas Heath, MP for Harwich. It is possible this is a portrait commissioned by the Baron of his new daughter-in-law, Frances Knight remarried in 1763 following Henry Knight's death, this time to Henry Scott, 4th Earl of Deloraine.
Tennants
Jul. 14, 2011
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Circle of George Knapton (1698-1778) Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress with silver embroidery and white lace trim pastel, in a feigned oval, on paper 22 3/8 x 17½ in. (56.8 x 44.5 cm.) in a carved and gilded 'Palladian' or Kentian frame, c.1745
Christie's
Jul. 13, 2011
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778) Thomas
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778) Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple, head and shoulder portrait wearing an over coat and full wig, pastel, 25 1/2" x 19 1/4" and two companion pieces, Francis, daughter of Thomas Babington, a head and shoulder portrait wearing a yellow dress with blue bows, pastel, 25 1/2" x 19 1/2"; Catherine, daughter of Thomas Babington, a head and shoulder portrait wearing oyster cream dress with blue bows, pastel, 25 1/2" x 19 1/4", all in carved gilt contemporary kentian frames. (3)
Mallams
May. 24, 2011
Attributed to George Knapton (London 1698-1778)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Attributed to George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Hatch, Full length, wearing a blue dress and holding a peach in her right hand, Oil on canvas, 125 x 100cm (491/4 x 393/8in) Provenance: Sir James Gomer Berry, later Viscount Kemsley, Chandos House, Queen Anne Street, London. Exhibited: Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 59th Exhibition, 1933, lent by Sir James Gomer Berry.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 27, 2010
Circle of George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser,
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Portrait of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, three-quarter-length, holding a telescope and seated before an open window, a view to shipping beyond oil on canvas 127 x 102cm (50 x 40 3/16in).
Bonhams
Jun. 21, 2010
Old Master Painting: ATTRIBUÉ À GEORGE KNAPTON
Est: €4,500 - €6,000
Old Master Painting: ATTRIBUÉ À GEORGE KNAPTON (1698 - 1778) PORTRAIT D'UN MAGISTRAT Toile 76 X 63 CM Restaurations anciennes
Tajan
Dec. 11, 2009
George Knapton (London 1698-1778)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough, later Earl of Catherlough (1702-1772), half-length, in Irish peer's robes, a tricorn under his left arm inscribed 'The Right Hon Robert Lord Luxborough of Shanon in the Kingdom of - - Ireland - GKnapton Fecit AD. 1748/9' (on the reverse of the canvas as recorded by photographs, now covered by relining) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.) in a carved and gilded Maratta frame
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2009
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of Elizabeth Washington Cotes, unframed
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Portrait of Elizabeth Washington Cotes, half-length, in a blue dress with yellow ribbons, within a painted stone oval signed and dated 'Knapton/ pxt 1752' (lower left) and bears identifying inscription 'Elizabeth the Wife of the Revd Washington Cotes. Dean of Lismore/ and Eldest Daughter of Andrew Corbet of Shawbury Park Esq. Died May 1790' (along lower edge) oil on canvas 76.3 x 63cm (30 1/16 x 24 13/16in). unframed
Bonhams
Jul. 19, 2009
Studio of George Knapton (London 1698-1778) A portrait of a lady, half-length, in a white gown with a blue wrap trimmed in ermine 26 1/2 x 20 3/4in
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A portrait of a lady, half-length, in a white gown with a blue wrap trimmed in ermine oil on canvas 26 1/2 x 20 3/4in
Bonhams
Jun. 04, 2009
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Portrait of a Gentleman
Est: £700 - £1,000
Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778) Portrait of a Gentleman oil on canvas h:74 w: 60 cm
Cheffins
Apr. 23, 2009
George Knapton (London 1698-1778)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
George Knapton (London 1698-1778) Portrait of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough, later Earl of Catherlough (1702-1772), half-length, in Irish peer's robes, a tricorn under his left arm inscribed 'The Right Hon Robert Lord Luxborough of Shanon in the Kingdom of - - Ireland - GKnapton Fecit AD. 1748/9' (on the reverse of the canvas as recorded by photographs, now covered by relining) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.) in a carved and gilded Maratta frame
Christie's
Apr. 22, 2009
Attributed to George Knapton , London 1698 - 1778 Portrait of Elizabeth Hatch, full length, wearing a blue dress and holding a peach in her right hand oil on canvas
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 30, 2008
Circle of George Knapton , 1698-1778 Portrait of a child oil on canvas
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
full length, standing in a landscape, wearing a white dress inscribed l.l.: W m Hogarth oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 25, 2008
Knapton (George, 1698-1778, manner of). Portrait
Est: £700 - £1,000
Knapton (George, 1698-1778, manner of). Portrait of the Hon. John Spencer (1708-1746), oil on canvas, three quarter length portrait, standing in a landscape, wearing a green coat and holding a gun, 125 x 99 cm (49 x 39 ins), period moulded gilt frame A copy of the full-length portrait of the Hon. John Spencer, with his son on a horse and a blackamoor servant with a spaniel at Althorp. Provenance: Formerly at Warleigh Manor, Bath. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 16, 2004
Cerchia di George Knapton (Londra 1698-1778)
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Ritratto di fanciulla a mezzo busto con una bambola olio su tela, senza cornice 60.5 x 50 cm.
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2004
George Knapton (1698-1778)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Portrait of Mrs. Knight, half-length, in an oyster satin gown with blue ribbons, a veil and bonnet, holding a partridge and chicks in a basket with a landscape beyond inscribed 'Mrs Knight' (lower left) oil on canvas 38 x 29 in. (96.5 x 73.6 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 05, 2003
Circle of George Knapton (London 1698-1778)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Portrait of lady, half-length, in a blue dress wearing pearls and a straw hat oil on canvas painted as oval 293/4 x 241/2 in. (75.5 x 62.2 cm.) PROVENANCE Miss Wynn Williams; sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1911, lot 5, as 'W. Hogarth' (to F. Holbrooke). with Seligman-Rey, New York, 1932, as George Knapton, from whom purchased by William R. Hearst, New York and Los Angeles, whom gifted to the museum in 1950. EXHIBITION Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Hall of Records, 23 July 1953-3 May 1962, as George Knapton. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Public Welfare Commission, Hall of Records, 3 May 1962-28 November 1968; Commissioner's Office Room 1165, 29 November 1968-7 August 1973, as George Knapton.
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2002
GEORGE KNAPTON (1698-1778)
Est: $37,250 - $52,150
GROUP PORTRAIT OF THREE CHILDREN, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE, THE ELDEST HOLDING A PEACH SIGNED AND DATED 'KNAPTON 1754' (LOWER LEFT) OIL ON CANVAS 301/2 X 353/4 IN. (77.5 X 90.8 CM.) NOTES GEORGE KNAPTON, BORN IN LONDON IN 1698, WAS APPRENTICED TO THE ARTIST JONATHAN RICHARDSON (C.1665-1745) AND ATTENDED THE ACADEMY AT ST MARTINS LANE. ON HIS RETURN FROM ITALY IN 1732, HIS WORK WAS MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER AND IN 1736 WAS APPOINTED A FOUNDATION MEMBER AND OFFICIAL PAINTER OF THE DILETTANTI SOCIETY. A VERY LARGE GROUP OF 'THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND HER EIGHT CHILDREN' (1751) IS IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION.
Christie's
Jun. 15, 2001
Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778)
Est: $9,800 - $14,000
Portrait of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, K.G., three-quarter-length, in a brown velvet coat with the sash and star of the Order of the Garter, seated at a table, the letter inscribed 'To/His Grace the Duke/of Devonshire Lord Lieut[enant]' oil on canvas 501/2 x 401/2in. (128 x 103cm.) in a contemporary Maratta frame NOTES This portrait has traditionally been attributed to Thomas Hudson, however, it appears closer to the work of Hudson's contemporary George Knapton. Stylistically it can be compared with Knapton's portrait of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, whose daughter and heir, Catherine, married the 3rd Duke of Devonshire's eldest son and heir, William, later 4th Duke of Devonshire, in 1748 (Devonshire collections, Chatsworth; for which see J. Kerslake, National Portrait Gallery, Early Georgian Portraits, London, 1977, I, p. 30, II, pl. 89.). William, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755), served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1737 to 1744 and was a Member of Parliament from 1721 until his father's death in 1729 when he succeeded to the Dukedom. He was made a Knight of the order of the Garter by Queen Anne in 1733. The Duke was also portrayed by Sir Joshua Reynolds in a three-quarter-length portrait (Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; see D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, no. 333, II, fig. 72).
Christie's