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Portrait of a Nelly O'Brien (c.1739-1768), three-quarter-length, in white dress, with a pearl necklace and headdress, in a wooded landscape
Details
Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of a Nelly O'Brien (c.1739-1768), three-quarter-length, in white dress, with a pearl necklace and headdress, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
29¾ x 25 in. (75.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of a Nelly O'Brien (c.1739-1768), three-quarter-length, in white dress, with a pearl necklace and headdress, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
29¾ x 25 in. (75.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
Rev. B. Gibbons, and by descent to,
J. Gibbons, his sale; Christie’s, London, 26 May 1894, lot 54 (703 gns. to Gray).
with Agnew’s, London, from whom acquired on 4 May 1896 by,
J.H.McFadden, from whom acquired on 12 July 1899 by the following,
with Agnew’s, London, from whom acquired on 18 July 1899 by,
S.T.Gooden.
E.M. Denny, 11 Bryanston Square, London, his sale; Christie’s, London, 31 March 1906, lot 47 (2500 gns. to Gooden & Fox).
with Gooden & Fox, London, from whom acquired in April 1906 by,
Frederick David Sassoon (1853-1917), and by descent to his daughter,
Mrs Paul Wallraf, formerly Muriel Ezra, first wife of Alfred Ezra OBE of Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey, and by descent to,
Mrs Raymond Sawyer, née Ruth Ezra, of Chestnut Lodge, Cobham, Surrey.
J. Gibbons, his sale; Christie’s, London, 26 May 1894, lot 54 (703 gns. to Gray).
with Agnew’s, London, from whom acquired on 4 May 1896 by,
J.H.McFadden, from whom acquired on 12 July 1899 by the following,
with Agnew’s, London, from whom acquired on 18 July 1899 by,
S.T.Gooden.
E.M. Denny, 11 Bryanston Square, London, his sale; Christie’s, London, 31 March 1906, lot 47 (2500 gns. to Gooden & Fox).
with Gooden & Fox, London, from whom acquired in April 1906 by,
Frederick David Sassoon (1853-1917), and by descent to his daughter,
Mrs Paul Wallraf, formerly Muriel Ezra, first wife of Alfred Ezra OBE of Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey, and by descent to,
Mrs Raymond Sawyer, née Ruth Ezra, of Chestnut Lodge, Cobham, Surrey.
Literature
Agnew’s, Picture Stockbook no. 4, London.
A. Graves & W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1899, II, p. 705.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven & London, 2000, I, no. 1355a, p. 356, as untraced.
A. Graves & W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1899, II, p. 705.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven & London, 2000, I, no. 1355a, p. 356, as untraced.
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