Provenance
Painted May 1786 for the sitter's family
by inheritance to the sitter's son, the Reverend William Drake-Brockman (1788-1847), Beachborough House, Newington, Hythe, Kent
by inheritance to his brother, the Reverend Tatton Drake-Brockman (1792-1869), Beachborough House
by inheritance to his brother, Frederick Drake-Brockman (1810-1876), Beachborough House
by inheritance to his nephew, Francis Drake-Brockman (1851-1931), Beachborough House
probably sold to
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London
sold 1908 to
M. Knoedler and Co., New York, London, and Paris
sold to Herbert, 1st baron Michelham (1851-1919), Hellingly, Sussex, by 1911
his estate sale, Hampton & Sons, London, on the premises, 20 Arlington Street, London, 23-24 November 1926, 2nd day, nr. 290
with
Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
sold 1927 to
Andrew W. Mellon (1865-1937), Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA