Painted for the sitter's husband, Davies Davenport [1757-1837], Capesthorne, Macclesfield, Cheshire; by descent to Sir William Bromley-Davenport [1862-1949];[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 July 1926, no. 147); (Duveen Brothers, Inc. London, New York, and Paris); purchased April 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA. [1] The additions of "Davenport family" and William Bromley-Davenport to the former owner table in the NGA collection database are per The Getty Provenance Index, and NGA curatorial files. The Getty Provenance Index, whose source was their Collector's File, says the painting was bequeathed to the third son of Davies Davenport, The Rev. Walter Bromley-Davenport [1787-1862], and by him to his son, William Bromley-Davenport [1821-1884], who succeeded his cousin, Arthur Henry Davenport [1832-1867]. Davies Davenport's eldest son and successor in the family estate was Edward Davies Davenport [1778-1847], father of Arthur Henry. It is thus also possible that the painting was passed through Edward down to Sir William Bromley-Davenport.