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 cmOil 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
Admiral Lord Hood
c.1783
c.1783
Joseph Wilton
1752
1752
Portrait of a Lady
Girl with a bird
Francis Beckford
1755-6
1755-6