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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
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Francis Wheatley
British, 1747 - 1801
Family Group, c. 1775/1780
oil on canvas
Overall: 91.7 x 71.4 cm (36 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.) framed: 113.3 x 92.7 x 6.6 cm (44 5/8 x 36 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Paul Mellon Collection
1983.1.43
From the Tour: British Conversation Pieces and Portraits of the 1700s
Object 4 of 6

Exhibition History

1891
Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School, Winter Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1891, no. 17, as by Zoffany.
1963
Painting in England 1700-1850, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1963, no. 265, repro., pl. 206.
1964
Painting in England 1700-1850: from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1964-1965, no. 221 (souvenir, 78, repro.).
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no cat.

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