Provenance

The sitter, and by descent to
Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet (1838-1918), Meredith, Gloucester, by 1900, and by descent, from whom acquired by the following
with Knoedler, London, and P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach, London, from June 1918 until October 1919, when acquired by the following
with Scott & Fowles, New York
Mahmoud Abul Sath
private collection, New York
sale Parke-Bernet, New York, 24 October 1946, nr. 34
Mishriki
sale Parke-Bernet, New York, 3 November 1967, nr. 72, where acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, Property from a Distinguished Texas Estate, 1 May 2019, nr. 283

Other works by George Romney

Mrs John Matthews
1786

Lady Hamilton (as a Figure in 'Fortune Telling'?)
c.1782-4

Portrait of Stratford Canning (1786-1880), three-quarter length, seated, in a blue coat

The Beaumont Family
1777-9

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
1786-1788