William Yelverton Davenport

c. 1785/1788

Thomas Gainsborough

Artist, British, 1727 - 1788

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Coe Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 127.3 x 101.9 cm (50 1/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
    framed: 154.9 x 129.5 x 12.7 cm (61 x 51 x 5 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.5.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Painted for the sitter, William Davenport, Davenport House, Worfield, Shropshire; by descent to Mrs. Cuthbert Leicester-Warren, daughter of Edmund Henry Davenport, 1890. A.J. Finberg.[1] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York). (John Levy Galleries, New York). Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr. [1868-1928], Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, by 1925; by inheritance to his wife;[2] (sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 4-5 December 1941, 2nd day, no. 23); William Robertson Coe [1869-1955], Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; Coe Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] According to M. Knoedler & Co. records, entered in The Provenance Index, J. Paul Getty Trust, Santa Monica; presumably Alexander Joseph Finberg [1866-1936], the writer on Turner.
[2] It was lent to the exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1925 by Mrs. Jones.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1887

  • Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1887, no. 29.

1925

  • Paintings by Old Masters from Pittsburgh Collections, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1925, no. 17, repro.

1931

  • Paintings and Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., Cincinnati Art Museum, 1931, no. 6, pl. 30.

1961

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador David K.E. Bruce, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 1961-1969.

1978

  • Extended loan for use by the U.S. Embassy, London, England, 1978-

Bibliography

1898

  • Armstrong, Sir Walter. Gainsborough & His Place in English Art. London, 1898: 194; popular ed., London, 1904: 263.

1941

  • Parke-Bernet, New York. Sale Catalogue. 4-5 December 1941: 2nd day, no. 23.

1958

  • Waterhouse, Sir Ellis. Gainsborough. London, 1958: no. 189.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 55.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 47, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 144, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 166, repro.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 102-102, repro. 102.

Wikidata ID

Q20179397

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