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Rather than include any signs of his trade, the artist depicted his subject in a simple coat with a boutonniere. This is a rare example of a servant portrait made for the sitter’s benefit: the painting was raffled, and the proceeds provided a pension for Old John in recognition of his forty-three years of service.\n</p>","remarks":"EUR1_02-05_WLA-Day 1 Cataloguing "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Raffled at Derby Town Hall; acquired at raffle by Daniel Parker Coke MP (1745-1825); Joseph Strutt (1765-1844), by 1835; Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper (1801-1880), Kingston Hall, Northamptonshire, by descent; The Hon. Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper (1840-1914), Kingston Hall, Northamptonshire; Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper (1883-1956), Kingston Hall, Northamptonshire; The Hon Peter Algernon Strutt (1924-2007), Kingston Hall, Northamptonshire; Strutt Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 19 November, 1986, lot 54; Zankel-West Collection, New York; Christie’s, London, December 7, 2017, lot 35; Lowell Libson &amp; Jonny Yarker, London; 2018 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1775,"sortnumber":"2018  158","published_date":"2026-02-11 14:36:57.188309","objectid":135184,"dimensions":"77 × 64.2 cm (30 5/16 × 25 1/4 in.)\r\nframe: 89.9 × 77.2 × 5.7 cm (35 3/8 × 30 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)","on_view":true}