Details
John Hoppner, R.A. (London 1758-1810)
Portrait of Mrs. Henry Richmond Gale, half-length
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
General Henry Richmond Gale (great-grandson of sitter), Bardsea Hall, Kilverstone, Lancashire, until 1909.
Edward Drummond Libbey, from 1916, by whom gifted to the Toledo Museum of Art.
Literature
H.P.K. Skipton, John Hoppner, London, 1905, pp. 40, 167.
W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner, London, 1909, pp. 93-94.
B.M. Godwin, Catalogue of European Paintings, Toledo, 1939, pp. 304-305.
The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 81, pl. 319.
Exhibited
(Probably) London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1787.
London, Agnew's, The Annual Exhibition on Behalf of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution, 1907, no. 20.
New York, Reinhardt Galleries, Loan exhibition of paintings of women and children by masters from the 15th to the 20th century for the benefit of the Big Sisters, 23 February-16 March 1929, no. 17.
Hamilton, Ontario, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Old Masters, an exhibition of European paintings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, from North American collections, November, 1958, no. 18.
Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, Masterpieces in the Midwest, 4 May-4 June, 1961, no. 10.
Engraved
Engraved in mezzotint by T.G. Appleton, 1906.
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