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Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
(1723-1792) Portrait of William Wentworth Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in the Peerage of Ireland1785
Oil and canvas
30 x 25 in. (75 x 62.2 cm)
Provenance
Commissioned by Anthony Morris Storer (1746-1799) in 1785;
Thence by descent until sold;
Major A.M. Storer sale, Sotheby’s, 24th March 1920, lot 47;
Mrs Ivy Evans, 1920;
Storer Trust sale, Sotheby’s, 9 December 1964, lot 178 (as ‘Sir William Beechey, Portrait of a Gentleman’)
Acquired from the above sale by Agnew’s;
Acquired 28 January 1966 from the above by John King;
Thence by descent until sold 2011;
Philip Mould & Company, London;
Private collection, UK.
Thence by descent until sold;
Major A.M. Storer sale, Sotheby’s, 24th March 1920, lot 47;
Mrs Ivy Evans, 1920;
Storer Trust sale, Sotheby’s, 9 December 1964, lot 178 (as ‘Sir William Beechey, Portrait of a Gentleman’)
Acquired from the above sale by Agnew’s;
Acquired 28 January 1966 from the above by John King;
Thence by descent until sold 2011;
Philip Mould & Company, London;
Private collection, UK.