File:George Gower Portrait of Thomas Slingsby.jpg

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George Gower  (1540–1596)  wikidata:Q2126008
 
George Gower
Alternative names
Gower
Description English painter
Date of birth/death circa 1540
date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 1596 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death England London
Work period 1570s-1590s
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2126008
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Thomas Slingsby (1556-1579), eldest son of Francis Slingsby and his wife Mary Percy, sister of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland. The sitter was drowned aged 23.
Date 1577
date QS:P571,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 23.7 in (60.3 cm); width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,23.75U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20U218593
With Sotheby's, London, 2012
Inscriptions
  • top left:
ANo DNI 1577 / THOMAS SLINGESBY J SON / SON OF FRACIS & MARYE: SISTER OF THO: & HEN EARLES OF NORTHU: DROWNED AT KINBSB 1579
  • top right:
AETATISSUA 23
References Sotheby's Sale No. L12030 Lot 42
Source/Photographer Sotheby's Sale No. L12030 Lot 42

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