Thomas Gainsborough
Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire
1783235.6 x 146.5 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 494
Provenance
Painted for the sitter's mother, Georgiana, Countess Spencer (1737-1814), wife of John Spencer, 1st earl Spencer (1734-1783), Althorp, Northamptonshire
by descent to John, 7th earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp
purchased 1924 by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
sold 13 April 1925 to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of the Artist with Wife and Daughter Outside
c. 1748
c. 1748
Mrs. Ralph Izard
1772
1772
A Boy with a Cat - Morning
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1785/86
1785/86
The Earl of Darnley
1785
1785