Thomas Gainsborough
The Earl of Darnley
178576 x 63.5 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 498
Provenance
Painted for the sitter, John, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831), Cobham Hall, Kent
by descent to Ivo, 8th Earl of Darnley (1859-1927)
sold to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, by 1909
purchased 1910 by M. Knoedler & Co., London
sold 21 March 1910 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
gift 1942 to NGA
Other works by Thomas Gainsborough
A Boy with a Cat - Morning
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell
The Cottage Door
c. 1785
c. 1785
Queen Charlotte
Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott