John Singleton Copley - Baron Graham



John Singleton Copley
Baron Graham
1804
145.3 x 118.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed center left, on base of column: JSCopley. R.A. pinx
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter


Literature


Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 555


Provenance


Robert Graham (1744-1836)
bequeathed to Sir George Henry Smyth (1784-1852), 6th baronet, Berechurch Hall, Colchester, Essex
bequeathed to his grandson and heir, Thomas George Graham White (died 1878), Wethersfield Manor and Berechurch Hall, Colchester, Essex
his estate sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 23 March 1878, nr. 25
bought by "Graves"
Martha Babcock Greene Amory (Mrs. Charles Amory, 1812-1880), Boston, the artists's granddaughter
her husband, Charles Amory (1808-1898), Boston
their daughter, Susan Greene Amory Dexter (Mrs. Franklin Gordon Dexter, 1840-1924), Boston
her son, Gordon Dexter (1864-1937), Boston
his widow, Isabella Hunnewell Dexter (c. 1871-1968)
gift 1942 to NGA

External links


National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.4.1

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