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| Oil on canvas |
| 18th Century |
| 30 x 25 inches 76.2 x 63.5 cm |
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Provenance:
Bought by Sir John Fleming, later Baron de Tabley, in 1796, and at Tabley
until 1825, and thence by descent to
Lord de Tabley, by 1857 until 1884, and thence by descent to
C. Leicester Warren, Tabley House; Christie''s, 20 May 1927, lot 39 to
Knoedler, New York, who sold it in 1928 to
William Randolph Hearst, and given before 1933 to
Marion Davies, until 1947, when given to
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art until deaccessioned in 1990. |
Literature:
W Corey, ''Catalogue'' 1819, p.76
Young, ''Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists in the Possession of
Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bt.1, no.25
J Romney, ''Memoirs'', 1830,p.181
H Ward and W Roberts, ''Romney'' 1904, II,p. |
Exhibited:
Manchester, ''Art Treasures Exhibition'', 1857, no.83.
London, Royal Academy, ''Winter Exhibition'', 1884, no.211
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honour, ''Loan
Exhibition of English Painting'', no.54. |
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