Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), styled Lord Newbottle and later Earl of Ancram



Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), styled Lord Newbottle and later Earl of Ancram



Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), styled Lord Newbottle and later Earl of Ancram
76.7 x 63.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, New York, 31 October 2017


Provenance

Mrs. Kellett, Rotherby, Leicestershire, a great-great-granddaughter of the sitter
sale Christie's, London, 12 June 1931, nr. 58, where acquired for 1,650 gns. by the following
with Gooden and Fox, London
with Scott and Fowles, New York, 1933
with Knoedler, New York, where acquired on 5 January 1938, by
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York, and by descent within the family in 1960, and by inheritance to the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpsopn, 31 October 2017, nr. 46

Other works by Joshua Reynolds


Joshua Reynolds Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his Mother
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his Mother
c.1768-9

Joshua Reynolds Lord Ligonier
Lord Ligonier
1760

Joshua Reynolds The Infant Samuel
The Infant Samuel
c.1776

Joshua Reynolds Doctor Samuel Johnson
Doctor Samuel Johnson
?1772

Joshua Reynolds Sketch for 'The 4th Duke of Marlborough and his Family'
Sketch for 'The 4th Duke of Marlborough and his Family'
c.1777