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Mrs. Thomas Dongan (Magdalen Charlton)

John Wollaston (American (born in England), 1742–1775)
between 1749–52

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas mounted on Masonite
Dimensions 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. P. Shaw Sprague and Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession Number1982.406
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceThe artist; Thomas Dongan, the sitter's husband; Dr. Richard Bayley; to Mrs. Dr. Dwight Post, his daughter; to Mrs. D.H. Hawthorne, her daughter; to Mr. A.G.E. Hawthorne, New York, her son; with T.J. Blakeslee, New York; to Mrs. Robert C. Vose; with Robert C. Vose Galleries, 1911; to Irving and Casson, Interior Decorators, Boston, 1911; to Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw Sprague, Boston; to Mrs. P. Shaw Sprague, Boston, her daughter-in-law; with Vose Galleries, Boston; to MFA, 1982, gift of Mrs. P. Shaw Sprague and purchase.