Mrs. Davies Davenport
1782-1784
Artist, British, 1734 - 1802


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 58
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 76.5 x 64 cm (30 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.)
framed: 104.1 x 91.4 x 12.7 cm (41 x 36 x 5 in.) -
Accession
1937.1.105
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Painted for the sitter's husband, Davies Davenport [1757-1837], Capesthorne, Macclesfield, Cheshire; by descent to Sir William Bromley-Davenport [1862-1949];[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 July 1926, no. 147); (Duveen Brothers, Inc. London, New York, and Paris); purchased April 1928 by 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 additions of "Davenport family" and William Bromley-Davenport to the former owner table in the NGA collection database are per The Getty Provenance Index, and NGA curatorial files. The Getty Provenance Index, whose source was their Collector's File, says the painting was bequeathed to the third son of Davies Davenport, The Rev. Walter Bromley-Davenport [1787-1862], and by him to his son, William Bromley-Davenport [1821-1884], who succeeded his cousin, Arthur Henry Davenport [1832-1867]. Davies Davenport's eldest son and successor in the family estate was Edward Davies Davenport [1778-1847], father of Arthur Henry. It is thus also possible that the painting was passed through Edward down to Sir William Bromley-Davenport.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1878
Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1878, no. 111.
1892
Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1892, no. 17.
1927
Meisterwerke Englischer Malerei aus drei jahrhunderten, Secession, Vienna, 1927, no. 15, repro.
Bibliography
1904
Ward, Humphry and William Roberts. Romney. 2 vols. London, 1904: 1:98, 101, 103-104; 2:41.
1935
Tietze, Hans. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935: 229, repro. (English ed., Masterpieces of European Painting in America. New York, 1939: 229, repro.).
1941
Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 172, no. 105, as Miss Davenport.
Duveen Brothers. Duveen Pictures in Public Collections of America. New York, 1941: no. 289, repro., as Mrs. Davenport.
1942
Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 241, repro. 18, as Mrs. Davenport.
1944
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 134, color repro., as Mrs. Davenport.
1949
Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 116, repro., as Mrs. Davenport.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 116, as Miss Davenport.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 103, repro., as Miss Davenport.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 308, repro., as Miss Davenport.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 515, color repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 365, no. 511, color repro., as Mrs. Davenport.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 354, repro., as Mrs. Davenport.
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: 237-238, repro. 238.
Wikidata ID
Q20179115