Thomas Gainsborough

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 497

Provenance

Painted for the sitter's husband, Thomas Graham, later 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), Balgowan, Perthshire
by descent to his second cousin, Robert Graham, 2nd Baron Lynedoch (died 1859), who bequeathed it to his nephew, James Maxtone Graham (1819-1901)
by descent to his son, Anthony G. Maxtone Graham (1854-1930), Redgorton, Perthshire
with P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., London, by 1909
acquired the same year by M. Knoedler & Co., London
purchased 21 March 1910 by 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

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.9.21

Other works by Thomas Gainsborough

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Miss Haverfield

Portrait of a Lady, Possibly Miss Lloyd
c. 1750

Master John Heathcote
c. 1770/74

Mrs Mary Robinson