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Captain Little's Children

Date18th/19th Century
Object PlaceEngland, British Isles, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions42 3/4 × 57 1/2 inches (108.59 × 146.05 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward F. Fisher
Object number73.102
DescriptionThree children stand at the right of the composition, the one farthest to the right being a blonde boy who is looking at the viewer. Two girls look at a piece of fabric (?). At the left there is a small dog on a chair. The children portrayed are not "Captian Little's" but Winchcombe Henrey Eyre-Hartley and his two sisters, Charlotte and Mary. The picture was painted for Mr. Samuel Hartley of Lansdown Priory near Bath.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 8
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Collection Major W. H. Little; Collection Arthur Sanderson; Collection Otto H. Kahn; Great Britain, Milbank, Lord Duveen, (dealer); Collection Lord Michelham, D.C.V.O. (?) Detroit, Collection Edward F. Fisher; by whom bequeathed to The Detroit Institute of Arts