Lady Cornewall

c. 1785-1786

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artist, British, 1723 - 1792

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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

    1942.9.74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Painted for the sitter's husband, Sir George Amyand Cornwall, 2nd Bt. [1748-1819], Moccas Court, Herefordshire; by descent to his grandson, the Reverend Sir George Cornewall, 5th Bt.[1] (Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London); purchased 28 August 1909 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; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] The additional Baronets Cornewall listed in the former owner table in NGA's collection database are per The Getty Provenance Index, and NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1883

  • Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1883, no. 218.

Bibliography

1865

  • Leslie, Charles Robert and Tom Taylor. Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds. London, 1865: 2:281, 287, 297, 312.

1899

  • Graves, Algernon and William Vine Cronin. A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. London, 1899-1901: 1:194.

1900

  • Armstrong, Sir Walter. Sir Joshua Reynolds. London, 1900: 200.

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.

1923

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

1931

  • Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 24, repro.

1941

  • Waterhouse, Sir Ellis. Reynolds. London, 1941: 77, pl. 255.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 6.

1948

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 83, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 114.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 101, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 304, repro.

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 507, color repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 361, no. 505, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 349, repro.

1987

  • Simon, Robin. The Portrait in Britain and America. Oxford, 1987: 66, pl. 47.

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: 222-224, repro. 223.

Wikidata ID

Q20179353

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