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Luncheon on the moor: the Howard Townsed family taking a break from a highland shoot

Date: circa 1900

Dimensions: Height: 48.9 cm (19.2 in); Width: 78.7 cm (30.9 in)

Medium:  Painting – oil on canvas

Owner/Location:  Private Owner

Description

The painting is signed on the lower right. 

Circa 1900, Howard Townsend commissioned Millet to paint his family portrait.

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Provenance:

Commissioned by the sitter circa 1900
By descent in the family to the present owner.

Sotheby’s Auction 30 September 2009
Sale price: 10,000 USD

 

 

 

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