Attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692-1780

Attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692-1780

Study for a family portrait in an architectural setting, with some of the figures in Van Dyck dress, within a painted frame

Oil on canvas

46.6 x 57.3cm; 18¼ x 22½in

Provenance:

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)

Literature:

Samuel Ireland, Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth…, vol II, p.108, (as Hogarth);

Ralph Edwards, 'Hogarth into Highmore, or a Wrong Redressed' in Apollo, vol.90, pp.148-151 (fig.1)