Provenance

Said to be the Collection of Lady Lane who 'received it as a present from Romney himself'
The Collection of Mrs O. Maund
The Collection of Sir Albert James Bennett, Bart
sale, Bennett, American Art Association, New York, 16 November 1933, nr. 4 (according to the Witt Library mount)
The Collection of Colonel Bennett and thence by descent to the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 7 December 2011, nr. 5 (bought in)

Other works by George Romney

A Lady in a Brown Dress: 'The Parson's Daughter'
c.1785

Mary Moser
c.1770-1771

Alonso, King of Naples and Another Figure (fragment of 'The Tempest Act I, Scene 1')

Mrs Thompson of Kendal

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
1775-1777