Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.66
People: Sir Godfrey Kneller, British (Lubeck, Germany 1646 - 1723 London, England)
Title: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
Other Titles: Former Title: Portrait of Lord Lovell, Earl of Leicester
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1718
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231250

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 75.2 x 63.5 cm (29 5/8 x 25 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Albert Keep Isham, class of 1915; Ralph Isham

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ralph Isham
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: 1932.66
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

J. Douglas Stewart, Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, 1983), no. 427
Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 115, 136, repr. b/w cat. no. 2

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