Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, Senior (as by Giovanni Bellini) [1665-1745], London; Sir Anthony Westcombe, Bart. [d. 1752]; John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltalloch; his son-in-law, The Hon. A. E. Gathorne-Hardy [1845-1918], Newbury; Geoffrey Gathorne-Hardy; The Hon. Robert Gathorne Hardy; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1976, no. 16); British Rail Pension Fund; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1990, no. 7); NGA purchase (via David Tunick, Inc., New York) in 1990.
Accession Number
1990.43.1
Medium
pen and brown ink (iron gall) with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper (cut vertically at center and reattached, laid on nineteenth century mount)
Dimensions
overall: 13.9 × 23.7 cm (5 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund