Provenance
Thomas Newport (c. 1655-1719, created 1st and last Baron Torrington in 1716), London, before 1716
by inheritance to his third wife and widow, Anne, Lady Torrington (died 1735, née Anne Pierrepont), Newport House, Twickenham, and London
by inheritance to her sister-in-law, Mary, Countess of Bradford (1661- 1737, née Mary Wilbraham, widow of Richard Newport, 2nd earl of Bradford of the first creation), Weston Park, Shropshire
by inheritance to her daughter, Diana, Countess of Mountrath (died 1766, née Lady Diana Newport, wife of Algernon Coote, 6th earl of Mountrath), 20-21 Grosvenor Square, London
by inheritance to Caroline, Baroness Milton (1718- 1775, née Lady Caroline Sackville, wife of Joseph Damer, later 1st earl of Dorchester), Milton Abbey, Dorset
by inheritance to her son, George Damer, 2nd and last earl of Dorchester (1746-1808), Milton Abbey
by inheritance to his sister, Caroline Damer (1752-1829), Milton Abbey
by inheritance to her first cousin once-removed, John Dawson, 2nd earl of Portarlington (1781-1845), Milton Abbey
by inheritance to his nephew, Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer, 3rd earl of Portarlington (1822-1889), Emo Park, Queens County, Ireland
by exchange 1881 to Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Stratton Park, Hampshire
by inheritance to his son, Francis George Baring, 2nd earl of Northbrook (1850-1929), Stratton Park
sold March 1927 to
Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
sold May 1928 to William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon, California
on consignment 1938 with
M. Knoedler and Co., New York by Parish-Watson and Co., New York, for Hearst
returned 1939 to Hearst
his sale, held at Gimbel's and Saks Fifth Avenue by Hammer Galleries, New York, 25 March 1941, nr. 174-1
consigned 1952 by Hearst's estate to
M. Knoedler and Co., New York
sold September 1952 to the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 to NGA