- Title:
- William Lowndes, Auditor of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer
- Former Title(s):
William Lowndes Stone [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
William Lowndes-Stone- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 49 15/16 x 40 3/16 inches (126.8 x 102.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed, lower left: "W.m Lowndes Esqr | One of the Aud.rs o fhis majesty's | Court of Escheqr.: Aged 83 years | and 8 months."
Signed and dated, lower left: "Painted by T Gainsborough | Bath 1771"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.7.185
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1976.7.185FR
- Subject Terms:
- auditor | chair | costume | court (judicial body) | curtain | dog (animal) | elderly | interior | man | portrait | Spaniel
- Associated People:
- Lowndes, William (1687–1775), public servant and second son of William Lowndes of Winsdow (1652–1724)
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:390
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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Ellis Waterhouse, An Impressive Panorama of British Portraiture, Apollo, v. 105, no. 182, April 1977, p. 244, 247, fig. 17, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another copy of this article may be found in a separately bound and catalogued copy of this issue located on the Mellon Shelf [call number : N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)] [YCBA]
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