Provenance

The sitter, and by descent until,
[The Property of Mrs. Kellett, of Rotherby, Leicestershire, a great-great-grand-daughter of the sitter]; Christie's, London, 12 June 1931, lot 58, 1,650 gns. to the following,
with Gooden & Fox, London.
with Scott & Fowles, New York, by 1933.
with Knoedler, New York, where acquired on 5 January 1938 by,
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York, and by descent in the family until 1960, when bequeathed to,
William Kelly Simpson (1928-2017), New Haven, CT; [Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpson], Christie's, New York, 31 October 2017, lot 46, where acquired by the present owner
Sale Christie's, New York, 21 May 2025, nr. 140

Other works by Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, half-length, in a blue and gold embroidered dress with a white wrap

Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Bradshaw, née Wilson (d. 1802), half-length, in a white silk dress with an ermine-lined blue cloak

Portrait of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St. Albans (1740-1802), half-length, wearing a green coat and holding a flintlock

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces
1763-65

Lady Betty Hamilton
1758