William Yelverton Davenport by Gainsborough: The Country Squire with a Gun (c. 1785)
He has just come in from the woods, or is about to go out. William Yelverton Davenport stands under a great tree with a sporting gun in the crook of his arm and his black hat in his other hand, a Shropshire landowner painted by one of the most fashionable portraitists in London. Thomas Gainsborough made this picture in the last years of his life, around 1785 to 1788. Since then it has travelled from a country house in Shropshire to Pittsburgh, New York and Washington, and spent years on loan to the American embassy in London. Thomas Gainsborough, William Yelverton Davenport , c. 1785/1788. Oil on canvas, 127.3 × 101.9 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Fine-art print available from the Sapiens Verbum print shop. 🖼️ Get this painting as a print → Quick facts Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) Title: William Yelverton Davenport Date: c. 1785/1788 Medium: Oil on canvas, 127.3 × 101.9 cm Sitter: William Yelverton Davenport ...