Thomas Gainsborough (artist) British, 1727 - 1788 Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1785-1787 oil on canvas Overall: 220 x 154 cm (86 5/8 x 60 5/8 in.) framed: 251.5 x 185.4 x 14 cm (99 x 73 x 5 1/2 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.92

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Provenance

Mrs. Edward Bouverie [1750-1825], a friend of the sitter, Delapré Abbey, Northampton; by descent to General Everard Bouverie [1789-1871]; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 2 March 1872, no. 110); purchased by Alfred de Rothschild [1842-1918] for his father, Baron Lionel de Rothschild [1808-1879], Gunnersbury, Middlesex; by inheritance to his son, Nathaniel, 1st Lord Rothschild; his widow, Emma, Lady Rothschild; her nephew, Nathaniel Mayer Victor, called Victor, 3rd Baron and later 3rd Lord Rothschild [1910-1990];[1] sold c. 1936 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London), from whose New York branch it was purchased 26 April 1937 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] Details of the Rothschild family inheritance provided by Michael Hall. See letter dated 27 February 2002 in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

• Bouverie, Edward
• Bouverie, Edward, Mrs.
• Bouverie, Everard William, General
• Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
• Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, Baron
• Rothschild, Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron
• Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer, 1st Baron
• Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor, 3rd Baron

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