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

Portrait of Mrs Thomas Wodehouse, half-length, in a white dress with gold flowers, feigned oval

Details

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792)
Portrait of Mrs Thomas Wodehouse, half-length, in a white dress with gold flowers, feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

A.J. Sulley (+); Christie's, London, 1 June 1934, lot 21 (280 gns. to Agnew's).

Literature

W. Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and his Works, London, 1856, p. 80.
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, 1899, III, pp. 1063-4.
Sir W. Armstrong, Reynolds, London, 1900, p. 236.

Engraved

Charles Turner, 1823.
F. Hunter.

Lot Essay

The sitter was the only daughter of Pryse Campbell, of Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, who was Member of Parliament for Nairnshire, and Sarah, daughter and co-heir of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt., and the grandaughter of John Campbell of Cawdor Castle. Her brother John was created 1st Baron Cawdor in 1796. She married Thomas Wodehouse, a barrister, the brother of Lord Wodehouse, in 1782.

This portrait, painted circa 1772, will be included in Dr. David Mannings forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work as no. 1221.

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