William Pitt

1787/1796

Gainsborough Dupont

Painter, British, 1754 - 1797

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.5 x 12.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
    framed: 29.8 x 27.6 x 5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.120

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Perhaps purchased by (A. Betts) at an unidentified sale prior to 14 February 1930.[1] (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York, who sold it 1930 to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, who gave it to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, New York, by 1937; by bequest to NGA, 1970.
[1] According to Knoedler's stock books, recorded by The Provenance Index, J. Paul Getty Trust, Santa Monica, California.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 144, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 140, 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: 68-69, repro. 69.

Wikidata ID

Q20179533

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