Provenance

Thomas Buller Bradshaw (1866-1927), Lifton Park, Devon; [Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Will of T.B. Bradshaw, Esq., deceased, late of Lifton Park, Devon] Christie's, London, 18 July 1930, lot 81, where acquired for 756 gns. by the following,
with Agnew's, London (stockbook no. 12393), from whom acquired by the following on 4 July 1947,
with Newhouse Galleries, New York (stockbook no. 16618).
Christie's, New York, 30 January 2014, lot 251, where acquired by the present owner
Sale Christie's, New York, 21 May 2025, nr. 190 (bought in)

Other works by Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of John Partheriche of Alderminster, half length, in a brown velvet coat with a white lace cravat and cuffs, leaning on a marble ledge before a green damask curtain

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

Portrait of General William John Kerr (1737-1815), 5th Marquess of Lothian, styled Lord Newbottle and later Earl of Ancram, half-length

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