Mrs. Robert Blencowe

c. 1792

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Artist, British, 1769 - 1830

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 127 x 101.5 cm (50 x 39 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably Sir George Robinson, 5th Bt. [1730-1815], Cranford Hall, Northamptonshire; by descent to Sir Frederick Robinson, 10th Bt.;[1] sold to (Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London); purchased 12 September 1913 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Additional baronets Robinson listed in the former owner table in the NGA collection database are per The Getty Provenance Index, and NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1915

  • Roberts, William. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia, 1915: unpaginated, repro., as Portrait of Lady Robinson.

1923

  • Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923: unpaginated, repro., as Portrait of Lady Robinson.

1931

  • Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 186, repro.

1948

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 89, repro., as Lady Robinson.

1954

  • Garlick, Kenneth. Sir Thomas Lawrence. London, 1954: 28.

1964

  • Garlick, Kenneth. "A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence." The Walpole Society 39 (1964): 169.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 73, as Lady Robinson.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 64, repro., as Lady Robinson.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 190, repro., as Lady Robinson.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 222, repro., as Lady Robinson.

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: 154-156, repro. 154.

Wikidata ID

Q20179917

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