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A group portrait traditionally identified as John Johnson, Mr. Croft and William Bentham
Details
English School, 18th Century
A group portrait traditionally identified as John Johnson, Mr. Croft and William Bentham
oil on canvas
50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.2 x 101.9 cm.)
A group portrait traditionally identified as John Johnson, Mr. Croft and William Bentham
oil on canvas
50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.2 x 101.9 cm.)
Provenance
John Johnson, London, 1794 (according to an old label on the reverse).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1963, by whom gifted to
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1969.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1963, by whom gifted to
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1969.
Literature
'Acquisitions,' North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin, IX, nos. 1 and 2, 1969, pp. 59, 71, as 'Wheatley'.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Supplement (La Chronique des Arts), no. 1213, 1970, p. 75, as 'Wheatley'.
The Art Quarterly, XXXIII, no. 1, 1970, pp. 85, 90, as 'Wheatley'.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Supplement (La Chronique des Arts), no. 1213, 1970, p. 75, as 'Wheatley'.
The Art Quarterly, XXXIII, no. 1, 1970, pp. 85, 90, as 'Wheatley'.
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