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Paintings: G0282
Title
Sir John Hare
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Artist
Date
1893
Dimensions
Height: 125.1cm
Width: 87cm
height (frame): 158cm
height (frame): 120cm
Width: 87cm
height (frame): 158cm
height (frame): 120cm
Inscription/signature
"18 JM (monogram) 93" (dark brown paint b. r.)
Provenance
Bequeathed by Sir John Hare (the sitter), 1921
Other number
CKA 246
Exhibition history
1893 London, R.A. (18)
Hare, standing three-quarter-length, wears a morning suit with a grey waistcoat and brownish trousers, and holds a book in his left hand. There is a framed print of Reynolds's Thrale portrait of David Garrick (see G0241), a reference to Hare's status as one of the leaders of his profession. See also G0323.
Sir John became a member of the Garrick Club in 1868.
Sir John became a member of the Garrick Club in 1868.
