Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs. John Taylor
c. 177876 x 64 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. 506
Provenance
Painted for the sitter's husband, John Taylor (1738-1814), Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall, Birmingham
by descent to George W. Taylor, Pickenhall Hall, Swaffham, Norfolk, who sold it sometime after 1903
with Trotti et cie., Paris
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York
purchased September 1905(?) by 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
Peasant Girl Gathering Faggots in a Wood
1783
1783
The Linley Sisters
1772
1772
Seascape
1781
1781
Self-Portrait
1787
1787
Miss Catherine Tatton
1785
1785