- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
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Provenance
Painted for Germain Lavie [d. 1781], Putney, London; by inheritance to his daughter, Emilia Lavie Lechmere [Mrs. Luther Lechmere], one of the children in the picture; by inheritance to her son, John Lechmere; by inheritance to his widow, Sophie Lechmere; by inheritance to her nephew, Charles Luther Lechmere; by inheritance to his sister, Grace Lechmere Reynolds; by inheritance to her daughter, Grace Reynolds Lewis [Mrs. Philip H. Lewis], London;[1] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1960, no. 46); (Frost & Reed, London); (John Nicholson Gallery, New York); purchased October 1960 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1963
- Painting in England 1700-1850, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1963, no. 236, repro., pl. 231.
- 1986
- Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
Bibliography
- 1971
- Praz, Mario. Conversation Pieces. London, 1971: 150, fig. 111.
- 1978
- Egerton, Judy. British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867: The Paul Mellon Collection. London, 1978: 121-122, pl. 45.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 441, repro.
- 1992
- Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 356-357, repro.
- 1997
- Henderson, Anne. "Portraits & Personalities." Washington Parent (November 1997): 14-15.
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- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.94
- • On View
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- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
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- 1777-1779
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.95
- • On View
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