Colonel Sempronius Stretton (1781-1842)
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SOLDOil on canvas; 37 by 28 in; 94 x 71 cm; inscribed reverse; held in a carved-wood gilt frame
Provenance: Royal Academy, 1816; Lenton Priory, Nottingham; then by family descent through the sitter's brother Lt-Colonel Severus Stretton (1783-1884) until at least the 1940s; more recently an English private collection

