Bequeathed by Sidney G.A. Shippard by Mrs Elizabeth Hosier (née Cawthorne) (according to an old inscription on the reverse)
sale Bonhams, London, 29 October 2014, nr. 31 (bought in)
Other works by John Opie
Portrait of a boy, traditionally identified as Henry West Betty, bust-length, in a blue coat and white shirt
Portrait of Lady Dickson, half-length, in a white dress seated before a landscape
Portrait of a Young Lady
Portrait of the artist Thomas Girtin, bust-length, in a dark jacket and white cravat, within a painted oval
Portrait of John Opie, bust-length, in a black coat and white cravat