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image of Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances
George Stubbs (artist)
British, 1724 - 1806
Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances, 1769
oil on canvas
Overall: 100.2 x 126.6 cm (39 7/16 x 49 13/16 in.) framed: 120.7 x 146.4 x 7.6 cm (47 1/2 x 57 5/8 x 3 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs in memory of her husband, Charles Stewart Carstairs
1952.9.4
From the Tour: British Conversation Pieces and Portraits of the 1700s
Object 3 of 6

1943Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 368, no. 516, color repro., as Colonel Pockington and His Sisters.
1960Cooke, Hereward Lester. British Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Eight in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 24, color repro., as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1962Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1962: 126, color repro., as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 319, repro., as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 126, as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:356, color repro., as Colonel Pocklington and His Sisters.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 112, repro., as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1970Praz, Mario. Conversation Pieces. London, 1971: 134, color cover adn color fig. 95.
1971Taylor, Basil. Stubbs. London, 1971: 37-38, pls. 57-59.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 334, repro., as Colonel Pocklington with His Sisters.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 529, color repro.
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 92 pl. 79, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 384, repro.
1992Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 259-261, color repro. 260.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 144, repro.

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