Painted for the sitter's husband, Sir George Amyand Cornwall, 2nd Bt. [1748-1819], Moccas Court, Herefordshire; by descent to his grandson, the Reverend Sir George Cornewall, 5th Bt.[1] (Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London); purchased 28 August 1909 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] The additional Baronets Cornewall listed in the former owner table in NGA's collection database are per The Getty Provenance Index, and NGA curatorial records.