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William P Caton Woodville (b. 1884)
Leisure Hour Signed and dated 1914
Oil on canvas | 30.7 x 25.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405084
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A full-length, seated portrait of a gentleman in eighteenth-century costume, in an armchair reading; wearing a pink coat and powdered wig, and resting his head in his right hand; an oriental lacquer cabinet behind.
William Caton Woodville was the son of military artist Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) (see RCINs 402240, 402384-7, 405084); he studied at Herkomers, Bushey and exhibited 1904-29.Provenance
Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1914 (254) 'Leisure Hour', where purchased by King George V
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
30.7 x 25.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
44.0 x 39.0 x 6.0 cm (frame, external)
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