Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois



Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois



Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois
226 x 147 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 5 July 2011


Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter's grandfather, Sir Benjamin Truman (1700-1780), of Popes, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, and Brick Lane, Spitalfields, and by descent to his great-great-grandson
Henry Truman Villebois (1807-1886), from whom acquired in 1886 by
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), by whom hung at Halton House, Buckinghamshire, in the North Drawing Room, and by inheritance to Almina Wombwell, Countess of Carnarvon (died 1969), wife of Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
The Hon. Charles Hanbury, from whom acquired by
with Agnew's, London, from whom purchased on 13 November 1919 for £49,500 by
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927), by whom hung at no. 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, and by descent at Cowdray Park
sale Christie's, London, 5 July 2011, nr. 10

Other works by Thomas Gainsborough


Thomas Gainsborough The Cottage Door
The Cottage Door
c. 1785

Thomas Gainsborough The Mall in St. James's Park
The Mall in St. James's Park
c. 1783

Thomas Gainsborough John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey
John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey
c.1768

Thomas Gainsborough Heneage Lloyd and His Sister, Lucy
Heneage Lloyd and His Sister, Lucy
c.1750

Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Portrait of Grace Dalrymple Elliott
c. 1782