Mrs. Alexander Blair

1787-1789

George Romney

Artist, British, 1734 - 1802

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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.)
    framed: 161.3 x 134 x 10.8 cm (63 1/2 x 52 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.77

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Painted for the sitter's husband, Alexander Blair, Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire. William Beckett-Denison [1826-1890], Nun Appleton, Yorkshire; by descent to his son, Ernest William Beckett [1856-1917], later 2nd Baron Grimthorpe; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 23 May 1903, no. 80); purchased by (Charles Sedelmeyer, Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris); sold to (Eugene Fischhof); purchased 4 April 1907 by P.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.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1904

  • Ward, Humphry and William Roberts. Romney. 2 vols. London, 1904: 1:111-112, 118-119; 2:13, repro. opp. 14.

1906

  • Illustrated Catalogue of the Tenth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, and English Schools, being a portion of the Sedelmeyer Gallery.... Paris, 1906: no. 96, repro.

1914

  • Hundred Masterpieces. A Selection from the Pictures by Old Masters which form or have formed part of the Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1914: 206, no.97, repro.

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: 12, repro.

1942

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

1948

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 88, repro., as Mrs. Blair.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 116, as Mrs. Blair.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 103, repro., as Mrs. Blair.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 308, repro., as Mrs. Blair.

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 513, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 355, 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: 243-245, repro. 244.

Wikidata ID

Q20179498

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