After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
Lot 522

After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

The Cottage Girl

Closed30 April 2015

Price Realised

GBP 6,250

More Information

How to sell

After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
The Cottage Girl
oil on canvas
57 7/8 x 44 in. (142 x 112 cm.)
in an English 18th century Maratta frame

(Possibly) Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), by 1814.
Wynn Ellis (1790-1875), by 1865, his sale (†); Christie's, London, 15 July 1876, lot 59, as 'Gainsborough' (145 gns. to the following),
Henry Graves (1868–1953), by whom sold to the following,
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire K.G., G.C.M.G., P.C., D.L., J.P. (1843 – 1928), 50 Grosvenor Street, London, by 1895.
Frederick John Nettlefold (1833-1913), and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

After the picture in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, presented by Sir Alfred and Lady Beit.