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Sir Thomas Lawrence (artist) British, 1769 - 1830 Lady Mary Templetown and Her Eldest Son, 1802 oil on canvas overall: 215 x 149 cm (84 5/8 x 58 11/16 in.) framed: 246.7 x 179.1 cm (97 1/8 x 70 1/2 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.96 On View |
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Provenance
Painted for the sitter's husband, John, 2nd baron (later 1st viscount) Templetown [1771-1846], Castle Upton, County Antrim; by descent to Henry, 4th viscount Templetown [1853-1939], Castle Upton; acquired c. 1890 by Baron Alfred Charles de Rothschild [1842-1918], London and Halton House, near Wendover, Buckinghamshire;[1] by inheritance to his illegitimate daughter, Almina Victoria, Countess of Carnarvon [c. 1877-1969, London; purchased 1923 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris), after the death of her husband, George, 5th Earl of Carnarvon; sold June 1923 to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] The Rothschild provenance information was kindly provided by Michael Hall, curator to Edmund de Rothschild; see his letter of 27 February 2002, in NGA curatorial files, which cites documents in the Rothschild Archive, London.
Associated Names
- Carnarvon, Almina Victoria, Countess of
- Duveen Brothers, Inc.
- Mellon, Andrew W.
- Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
- Rothschild, Alfred Charles de
- Templetown John Henry Upton, 1st Viscount
- Upton, 2nd Viscount Templeton, Henry Montagu
- Upton, 3rd Viscount Templeton, George Frederick
- Upton, 4th Viscount Templeton, Henry Edward Montagu Dorington Clotworthy
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