Lot Essay
For the present portrait, Mrs. Bradshaw (d. 1802) sat for Reynolds on at least six occasions in 1759 (D. Mannings, loc. cit.).
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ESTATE OF BETTY BARTON EVANS
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Bradshaw, née Elizabeth Wilson, half-length
Details
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Bradshaw, née Elizabeth Wilson, half-length
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Bradshaw, née Elizabeth Wilson, half-length
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
T.B. Bradshaw, Lifton Park, Devon; Christie's, London, 18 July 1930, lot 81 (756 gns. to Wells).
with Agnew's, London [stockbook no. 12393], from whom acquired by the following on 4 July 1947.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York [stockbook no. 16618].
with Agnew's, London [stockbook no. 12393], from whom acquired by the following on 4 July 1947.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York [stockbook no. 16618].
Literature
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reyolds, London, 1899, I, no. 112.
E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London, 1941, no. 45.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, p. 104, no. 241, II, p. 246, fig. 413.
E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London, 1941, no. 45.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, p. 104, no. 241, II, p. 246, fig. 413.
Exhibited
London, J. Leger & Son, 13 Old Bond Street, English Painters: Hogarth to Turner, 1943, no. 5.
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