Lot Essay
The present picture is recorded by Waterhouse (loc. cit) as being a finished study for the Self-Portrait of circa 1786 op. cit. no. 295 (Collection of the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall)
The Property of the late Sir Michael Sobell
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
Details
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
Portrait of the Artist, bust-length, in a green coat and white stock
24 7/8 x 18¾in. (63.2 x 47.6cm.)
Portrait of the Artist, bust-length, in a green coat and white stock
24 7/8 x 18¾in. (63.2 x 47.6cm.)
Provenance
perhaps J. Buttall Esq., 1799
Thomas Hakewill Esq., Christies's, 23 Feb 1895, lot 49 (360gns. to Agnew)
Sir William Agnew Bt., 1896
Hugh L. Agnew Esq., 1934
Thomas Hakewill Esq., Christies's, 23 Feb 1895, lot 49 (360gns. to Agnew)
Sir William Agnew Bt., 1896
Hugh L. Agnew Esq., 1934
Literature
Sir W. Armstrong, Gainsborough, London, 1898, p. 195 repr.
Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of British Art, Royal Academy, London, 1934, p.54, no. 194
E. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1958, p.69, no. 295
Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of British Art, Royal Academy, London, 1934, p.54, no. 194
E. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1958, p.69, no. 295
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, 1896 no. 6
London, New Gallery, Winter Exhibition, 1897-8, no. 200
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Selected Works by English Portrait Painters, XVIIIth and Early XIXth Centuries, 1900, no. 5, repr. pl.1
City of Manchester Art Gallery, Old Masters Exhibition, 1909, no. 11
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, Jan-Mar 1934, no. 353
Bedford, Cecil Higgins Museum, Paintings by Gainsborough, 1954, no.6
London, New Gallery, Winter Exhibition, 1897-8, no. 200
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Selected Works by English Portrait Painters, XVIIIth and Early XIXth Centuries, 1900, no. 5, repr. pl.1
City of Manchester Art Gallery, Old Masters Exhibition, 1909, no. 11
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, Jan-Mar 1934, no. 353
Bedford, Cecil Higgins Museum, Paintings by Gainsborough, 1954, no.6