John Granville, between 1790 and 1795

  • John Hoppner, English, 1758-1810

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
  • 41 1/4 × 36 × 4 inches (104.8 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)

Bequest of Eleanor Clay Ford

77.8

collection of Colonel Bernard Granville, D.S.O. (Chadley, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, London)

(Duveen Brothers Inc., New York, New York, USA)

1928, purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Edsel Ford (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

by descent to Eleanor Clay Ford (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1977-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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John Hoppner, John Granville, between 1790 and 1795, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Eleanor Clay Ford, 77.8.