Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.* (1723-1792)

Portrait of Mr. Sylvanus Groves, half length, wearing a grey coat and a white cravat; and Portrait of Mrs. Groves, half length, wearing a pink dress with blue bows

細節

Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.* (1723-1792)
Reynolds, J.
Portrait of Mr. Sylvanus Groves, half length, wearing a grey coat and a white cravat; and Portrait of Mrs. Groves, half length, wearing a pink dress with blue bows
oil on canvas
30.3/8 x 25.5/8in. (77.3 x 65.1cm.)
A Pair (2)

來源

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Galloway, Tulip Hill, MD and by descent to their great-granddaughter,
Mrs. Sarah Anne Hughes, from whom purchased in 1882 by
Mrs. Henry Adams and by descent to
Mary Markoe by 1896.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Andrews, Tulip Hill, MD, by 1966.

出版

E. Waterhouse, Reynolds's Sitters Book for 1755, in The Walpole Society, 1966-68, XLI, p. 151.
J. R. Kelley, Tulip Hill, Its History and Its People, in The Maryland Historical Magazine, Dec. 1965.
W. Thorn, The Letters of Mrs. Henry Adams 1865-1883, 1936, pp. 349-51.
T.J. Hall, The Hall Family of West River, 1941, p. 321.
J.R. Kelly, Portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds Return to Tulip Hill, in The Maryland Historical Magazine, March 1967, pp. 64-7, illustrated.

展覽

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, April 3, 1877.
Fairmount Park, Centennial Exhibition.

拍場告示

Please note that Dr. David Mannings will include the present paintings in his forthcoming catalogue raisonn on Sir Joshua Reynolds.

拍品專文

Mr. Sylvanus Groves was the English factor for Mr. Samuel Galloway,a successful businessman from Tulip Hill, Maryland and they both arranged to exchange portraits of themselves and their wives, possibly when the latter was in London in 1755 (J.R. Kelley, op. cit., 1965), which coincides with Reynolds's recorded sittings for both Mr. and Mrs. Groves, on July 29, August 1, 22, 26 October 3, December 27 and January 2 of the following year.

We are grateful to Dr. David Mannings for his assistance in the cataloging of the present paintings.