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Portrait of a Man (said to be Lord Anson)
Follower of: Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723–1792)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 62.2 cm (29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession Number30.491
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceJuly, 1910, sold by C. H. Thrift (dealer), London, to Arthur Tooth and Sons, London (stock no. 5365); May 1911, sold by Tooth to Blakeslee Galleries, New York [see note 1]; probably sold by Blakeslee to George Robert White (b. 1847 - d. 1922), Boston [see note 2]; by inheritance from White to his sister, Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston; 1930, bequest of Harriet J. Bradbury to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 3, 1930)
NOTES: [1] Information provided by the Getty Provenance Index. [2] George R. White did business with Blakeslee. In 1922, he bequeathed to his sister, Harriet J. Bradbury, his collection of pictures and other works of art. No itemized list of these works of art is known, but the collection was almost certainly formed by 1919, the date of his original will. When Mrs. Bradbury died in 1930 she left her art collection, including those items inherited from her brother, to the MFA.
NOTES: [1] Information provided by the Getty Provenance Index. [2] George R. White did business with Blakeslee. In 1922, he bequeathed to his sister, Harriet J. Bradbury, his collection of pictures and other works of art. No itemized list of these works of art is known, but the collection was almost certainly formed by 1919, the date of his original will. When Mrs. Bradbury died in 1930 she left her art collection, including those items inherited from her brother, to the MFA.