A Gainsborough at White Oaks: Furman's Art Mystery
Document Type
Presentations
Creation Date
3-13-2012
Abstract
In 1975, Charles and Homozel Daniel purchased "Portrait of Lady Impey" from an auction house in New York City. They were told it was painted by the renowned 18th-century English portraitist Thomas Gainsborough. The Daniels bequeathed the painting to Furman and it was appraised, along with the rest of the White Oaks Collection, by Sotheby's in 1993. Without sending it to an expert in London, Sotheby's could not determine whether the portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough or by the artist's less revered nephew Gainsborough Dupont. In 2012, Furman University invited Hugh Belsey, the world’s foremost expert on the artwork of 18th-century English painter Thomas Gainsborough, to examine the portrait and determine the painter. After his assessment, he gave this presentation in front of a standing-room-only crowd in Furman's Patrick Lecture Hall.
Recommended Citation
Libraries, Furman University, "A Gainsborough at White Oaks: Furman's Art Mystery" (2012). Libraries Institutional Records. 40.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/lib-records/40
Additional Affiliated Department, Center or Institute
Libraries