John Opie
(1761-1807) A Sleeping Girl (traditionally titled The End of the Day)Provenance
Possibly Robinson and Fisher, 29 May 1902 (as ‘A Sleeping Girl’, 250 guineas)
Arthur Tooth and Sons, London & New York;
Mrs. Elmo S. Fisher, by whom gifted to;
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas, USA;
Sotheby’s, London, 18 November 1992, Lot 92;
Private collection, UK
Literature
Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, 1973, p. 256 (illus.)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Eighteenth Century English Pictures. Arthur Tooth and Sons, New York, October 1922, no.1. (The catalogue preserved in the Frick Reference Library includes a pencil sketch of the composition)
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas.
John Opie: A Celebration Of The Cornish Wonder. Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, 29 September – 19 January 2008, No.24.
RA RA: Works by Royal Academicians. Falmouth Art Gallery, 3 July – 4 September 2010.