Circle Of John Hoppner R.A. Portrait Of Sir Henry Strachey Of Sutton Court Circa.1795
Circle Of John Hoppner R.A. Portrait Of Sir Henry Strachey Of Sutton Court Circa.1795
Circle Of John Hoppner R.A. Portrait Of Sir Henry Strachey Of Sutton Court Circa.1795
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Circle of John Hoppner R.A British School late 18th.Century Pencil Chalk and watercolour portrait of a Gentleman. Sir Henry Strachey 1st. Baronet Presented in its original gilt gesso frame with eglomise glass and pendant label with sitters details. Provenance: Sutton Court. Somerset, Charles Strachey 4th Baron O'Hagan. 19 by 24.5 cms image. 32 by 38 cms overall framed.

Sir Henry Strachey 1st. Baronet. 1736-1810.  Eldest son of Henry Strachey of Sutton Court. Civil servant and a Member of Parliament for 39 years. He served as private secretary to Clive of India. In 1783 He took a leading role in the peace negotiations with the American colonies at Paris, he representing the British and John Adams and Benjamin Franklin representing the Americans. This resulted in The Treaty Of Paris and in 1801 he was created 1st Baronet of Sutton Court in the County of Somerset.

Hoppner was born in London to German parents who lived at the court of King George II. There were rumours that Hoppner was the illegitimate child of George III, but although Hoppner himself never denied this, there is no credible evidence to support these claims. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1775 until 1781, the year in which he married Phoebe Wright. Throughout the 1780s his reputation as a portraitist advanced, until by the end of the decade he was widely regarded as a worthy successor to Reynolds and Gainsborough. The early 1800s brought considerable success for Hoppner, but his frail health was increasingly failing. He died in London aged only 51.

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