George Romney

Commissioned from the artist in 1786 and delivered in May 1801;

Thence by descent to the sitter's grandson, Sir Everard Hastings Doyle (1852-1933), 3rd Baronet London, until at least 1904;

Charles Davis;

From whom acquired by Agnew's, London, July 1912;

With Fischoff Galleries, London;

With Agnew's, London, 1916;

From whom acquired by W.B. Duckworth, The Grange, Hooton, Birkenhead, December 1919;

By whom sold, London, Christie's, 11 May 1923, lot 89;

Where acquired by Levy Bros. for £3,780;

Mrs. William B. Weaver;

By whose estate sold ("Property of the Estate of Mrs. William B. Weaver"), New York, Sotheby's, 21 October 1988, lot 204;

Where acquired by Heim Gallery, London;

Thence acquired by the present collector.

T.H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, New York 1904, vol. I, p. 66; vol. II, pp. 105-106;

A. Kidson, George Romney, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London 2015, vol. II, pp. 403-404, cat. no. 892, reproduced.