Provenance

Earls of Holdernesse; William Mason; Rev. C Alderson by 1811; Earls of Chichester at Stanmer, Lewes; probably same picture with Ehrich Galleries, New York, sale at the Anderson Gallery, New York, 19 Apr. 1934, no. 137; noted by Waterhouse in collection of Patrick O'Connor, London, 1969; Alec Levitt by Agnew's.

Exhibition History

1975

English Portraits from Francis Bacon, the Philosopher to Francis Bacon, the Painter, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 25 October 1975 - 14 December 1975, cat. no. 24

2014

The Rings from The Hashimoto Collection of The National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, 8 July 2014 - 15 September 2014, cat. no. 255

Bibliography

1856

Cotton, William. Sir Joshua Reynolds, and His Works. London, 1856, p. 81.

1899

Graves, Algernon; Cronin, William V. A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A. vol. 2, London, 1899, p. 471.

1900

Armstrong, Walter. Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy. London, 1900, p. 47.

1971

Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 4 (1969), 1971, Yamada, Chisaburoh F. [On the New Acquisitions]. p. 6. Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 12-13. no. P-377. repr.

1971

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 72, repr.

1975

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 19, repr.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 241, repr.

2000

Mannings, David. Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings. New Haven, 2000, text p.158, no. 472. plates p.166, no.110

2014

The Rings: from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). Iizuka, Takashi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2014, p. 223, cat. no. 255, col. repr.

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