Live Auction 2818Old Master Paintings Part II
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Lot 251 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

Closed30 January 2014

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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.)

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].

Specialist note

For the present portrait, Mrs. Bradshaw (d. 1802) sat for Reynolds on at least six occasions in 1759 (D. Mannings, loc. cit.).