Provenance
Possibly John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Highcliff Castle, Hampshire, and by inheritance to his son
The Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, to his widow
Lady Stuart, Thatched House Lodge, Richmond
sale Christie's, London 15 May 1841, nr. 48 (42 gns. to Fuller)
with Farrers
sale Phillips, London, 30 April 1851 (31 gns. to Lord Northwick)
John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), Thirlestane House, Cheltenham
sale Phillips, London, 26 July 1859, nr. 230 (as portrait of 'the Earl of Stafford', 30gns.)
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park
sale Christie's, London, 29 October 1965, nr. 68 (as by Sir Anthony van Dyck, 190 gns.)
private collection, UK, by whom offered
sale Christie's, London, 9 December 2009, nr. 105 (as the Property of a Family Trust)
sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 73