Gilbert Stuart (british/american, 1755–1828), Portrait Of Thomas Bisse, Esq. (1710-c. 1810), Auction
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Gilbert Stuart (British/American, 1755–1828), Portrait of Thomas Bisse, Esq. (1710-c. 1810),
Gilbert Stuart (British/American, 1755–1828), Portrait of Thomas Bisse, Esq. (1710-c. 1810),
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Gilbert Stuart (British/American, 1755–1828), Portrait of Thomas Bisse, Esq. (1710-c. 1810), circa 1785

Oil on canvas, framed, plaque affixed to front of frame identifies sitter. 

29 in. x 24 ¼ in. (sight)



Provenance

Bisse Family Descendants
Ex. Collection Sir Cecil Fane de Salis (1857-1948) 
Frederic Frazier Galleries, New York, NY
Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, consigned 1935
Gift of Henry B. Gardiner, Washington, DC
Property of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, sold to benefit future acquisitions



Footnotes

The portrait is listed in the Catalog of American Portraits / National Portrait Gallery.  



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Gilbert Stuart (British/American, 1755–1828), Portrait of Thomas Bisse, Esq. (1710-c. 1810),

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