Thomas Gainsborough

Provenance

The sitter, Humphrey Hall (1738-1801) of Goldings, Bengeo, Herts and Manadon, near Plymouth
possibly the sitter's daughter, Elizabeth Hall (born 1768)
possibly the sitter's brother, Ambrose Hall (1739-1815) of Sutton Court, Sutton
his son, Humphrey Hall (1763-1848) of the Hermitage, Walton on the Hill
his son, the Rev. Ambrose Hall(1813-?)
his son, the Rev. Humphrey Farran Hall (1838-1910)
his sister, Alice Ruth Hall (1843-1870)
her husband, George William Marshall and thence by descent to the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 9 July 2008, nr. 66

Other works by Thomas Gainsborough

Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
c.1785

Portrait of Lady Caroline Draper

Wooded landscape with peasants resting, and a distant cottage

Cattle grazing under a tree

Repose
c. 1777-78