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

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Painted for Samuel Sharpe Pocklington [d. 1781], Chelsworth Hall, Suffolk; by descent through his elder son, Colonel Sir Robert Pocklington, who married Catherine Blagrave, to John Blagrave, Calcot Park, Berkshire (sale, Messrs. Foster, London, 28 June 1911, no. 102), bought by F. Howard. (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York, from whom it was purchased by 1913 by Charles Stewart Carstairs [1865-1928], Lockport, New York; passed to Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs [née Elizabeth Stebbins, d. 1949], Lockport, New York, and Paris;[1] bequest 1952 to NGA.

[1] Mrs. Carstairs' maiden name is provided in a letter of 13 February 1995 from Dr. Lorne Campbell, in NGA curatorial files.

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• Blagrave, Catherine Frances
• Blagrave, John
• Carstairs, Charles S., Mrs.
• Carstairs, Charles Stewart
• Foster, Messrs.
• Howard, F.
• Knoedler & Company, M.
• Pocklington, Robert, Colonel Sir
• Pocklington, Samuel Sharpe

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