William Hogarth

Literature

Collection catalogues
Katharine Baetjer, British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875, New York; New Haven and London, 2009, nr. 19

Provenance

the sitter, Stephen Beckingham, London and Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne, Kent, until died 1756
his son, Stephen Beckingham, Bourne Place, London, and Ivy House, Hampton Court, 1756–died 1813
his daughter, the Hon. Dorothy Charlotte Montagu, 1813–died 1821
Elizabeth Catherine (Beckingham) Gregory, 1821–died 1833
by descent to Herbert William Deedes, Sandling Park and Saltwood Castle, near Hythe, Kent, 1891–at least 1916, sold to Carstairs
with James Carstairs, London, by 1930–36, sold to Knoedler
with Knoedler, New York, 1936, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 36.111

Other works by William Hogarth

Canvassing for Votes
1755

Miss Mary Edwards
1742

Shrimp Girl
c. 1740

A Scene from the Beggar's Opera
c. 1728

The Lady's Last Stake