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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY 1727-1788 LONDON)
Portrait of Dorothea, Lady Eden, née Johnson (1742-1792), seated half-length, resting her hands on an open book
Details
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY 1727-1788 LONDON)
Portrait of Dorothea, Lady Eden, née Johnson (1742-1792), seated half-length, resting her hands on an open book
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.8 x 63.7 cm.)
in a Duveen 'heart corner' frame
Portrait of Dorothea, Lady Eden, née Johnson (1742-1792), seated half-length, resting her hands on an open book
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.8 x 63.7 cm.)
in a Duveen 'heart corner' frame
Provenance
Painted c. 1775 for the sitter's husband, Sir John Eden, 4th Bt. (1740-1812).
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 15 June 1885 by,
James Price, from whose executors acquired in June 1895 by,
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 25 June 1895 by,
Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Bt. (1838-1896); his sale (†), Christie's, London, 13 June 1896, lot 65, where acquired for 5,000 gns. by,
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 18 June 1897 by,
with Charles Wertheimer, London.
with René Gimpel, Paris and New York, where acquired on 8 December 1906 for $76,000 by,
John Woodruff Simpson (1850-1920), New York, and by inheritance to his wife,
Kate Seney Simpson (1869-1943), from whom acquired on 12 March 1928 for $125,000 by,
with Duveen Brothers, New York, where acquired before August 1928 by,
Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), and by inheritance to his wife,
Anne E. Erickson (d. 1961); her sale (†), Parke-Bernet, New York, 15 November 1961, lot 20, where acquired by,
Evelyn Green Davis (1903-1985).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 56.
Anonymous sale [The Property of an Estate]; Christie's, London, 14 July 1994, lot 26, where acquired.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 15 June 1885 by,
James Price, from whose executors acquired in June 1895 by,
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 25 June 1895 by,
Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Bt. (1838-1896); his sale (†), Christie's, London, 13 June 1896, lot 65, where acquired for 5,000 gns. by,
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where acquired on 18 June 1897 by,
with Charles Wertheimer, London.
with René Gimpel, Paris and New York, where acquired on 8 December 1906 for $76,000 by,
John Woodruff Simpson (1850-1920), New York, and by inheritance to his wife,
Kate Seney Simpson (1869-1943), from whom acquired on 12 March 1928 for $125,000 by,
with Duveen Brothers, New York, where acquired before August 1928 by,
Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), and by inheritance to his wife,
Anne E. Erickson (d. 1961); her sale (†), Parke-Bernet, New York, 15 November 1961, lot 20, where acquired by,
Evelyn Green Davis (1903-1985).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 56.
Anonymous sale [The Property of an Estate]; Christie's, London, 14 July 1994, lot 26, where acquired.
Literature
W. Armstrong, Thomas Gainsborough & his Place in English Art, London, 1898, p. 194, where the two versions are conflated.
R.S. Gower, Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1903, p. 20, illustrated.
'Notes of the Month', International Studio, August 1928, p. 61.
E.K. Waterhouse, 'Preliminary Checklist of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough', The Walpole Society, XXXIII, 1953, p. 35, under nos. 1 and 2, with erroneous provenance.
E.K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1958, p. 65, no. 230, where the two versions are conflated.
H. Belsey, Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters, New Haven and London, 2019, I, pp. 6 and 296, no. 305, illustrated, without provenance between Sir John Eden, 4th Bt. and Charles Wertheimer.
R.S. Gower, Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1903, p. 20, illustrated.
'Notes of the Month', International Studio, August 1928, p. 61.
E.K. Waterhouse, 'Preliminary Checklist of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough', The Walpole Society, XXXIII, 1953, p. 35, under nos. 1 and 2, with erroneous provenance.
E.K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1958, p. 65, no. 230, where the two versions are conflated.
H. Belsey, Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters, New Haven and London, 2019, I, pp. 6 and 296, no. 305, illustrated, without provenance between Sir John Eden, 4th Bt. and Charles Wertheimer.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1887, no. 34 (lent by James Price).
Gravé(e)
G.H. Every, mezzotint, 1866.
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