Lot Essay
After the picture in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, presented by Sir Alfred and Lady Beit.
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The Cottage Girl
Details
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
The Cottage Girl
oil on canvas
57 7/8 x 44 in. (142 x 112 cm.)
in an English 18th century Maratta frame
Provenance
(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.
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.
Literature
C. Reginal Grundy, A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettlefold, London, 1938, II, p. 102, as by Gainsborough.
Exhibited
(Possibly) London, British Institution, 1814, no. 60, as by Gainsborough (lent by the Rt. Hon. R.B. Sheridan).
London, British Institution, 1865, no. 161, as by Gainsborough (lent by Wynn Ellis).
London, Grafton Galleries, Fair Children, 1895, no. 103, as by Gainsborough (lent by Lord Carrington).
London, British Institution, 1865, no. 161, as by Gainsborough (lent by Wynn Ellis).
London, Grafton Galleries, Fair Children, 1895, no. 103, as by Gainsborough (lent by Lord Carrington).
Engraved
G.H. Every.
Special notice
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