John Morgan Esq, with a Dog

  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Germany
    City: Berlin
    Place: British Embassy

    A John Morgan, described as 'alderman of St. Ewin's ward, in the city of Bristol' was living at Burfield House in Westbury, Bristol (now the main building of Redmaids' School), at the time this work was painted, but died the following year. It has not been established whether he was the sitter for this portrait.

  • About the artist
    Moses Haughton junior was the nephew of a miniature painter of the same name. He was a pupil of the great sporting painter George Stubbs and an associate of the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli (Heinrich Füssli).
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  • Details
    Title
    John Morgan Esq, with a Dog
    Date
    1807
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 71.00 cm, width: 56.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Agnew's, October 1953
    Inscription
    sd
    Provenance
    With Agnew’s Gallery, London; from whom purchased in October 1953
    GAC number
    2346