Thomas Gainsborough

Literature

Collection catalogues
Katharine Baetjer, British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875, New York; New Haven and London, 2009, nr. 50

Provenance

the artist (until d. 1788, his estate 1788-at least 1789)
his estate sale, Schomberg House, London, 30 March - 31 May 1789, nr 51, unsold
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, London (by 1813-at least 1814)
his sale, Peter Coxe, London, 6 October 1813, nr. 1, bought in
Alexander Copland (until 1836)
his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 12 March 1836, nr. 45, to Seguier
with William Seguier, London, from 1836
Sir William W. Knighton, 2nd Baronet, Blendworth Lodge, Hampshire, by 1845-died 1885
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 23 May 1885, nr. 460, to Colnaghi
with Colnaghi, London, from 1885
Sir Francis Bolton, until died 1887
his estate, 1887-88, sold through Philip Scratchley to Marquand
Henry G. Marquand, New York (1888-89)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 89.15.8

Other works by Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Ralph Izard
1772

Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire
1783

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1785/86

The Earl of Darnley
1785

Portrait of a Lady in Blue