Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA 1785-1841
Study for 'The Jew's Harp', 1808
signed and dated 'DW 1808'
oil on panel
7 x 5 inches (17.75 x 12.75 cm)
Loan (N.F.S.)
Loan (N.F.S.)
Provenance
Painted for Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831); Christie's, 12 May 1832, lot 64, where acquired by William Seguier (£44 2s) for Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863) and by descent; sold at an unknown date following the National Gallery of Scotland Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie 1951 exhibition; private collection, Edinburgh
Exhibitions
David Wilkie, Pall Mall, London, 1812, no.23; Royal Academy of Arts, Works by Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School, London, 7 January - 11 March 1884, no.35; Grosvenor Gallery, A Century of British Art from 1737 to 1837, London, 1887-88, no.321; National Gallery of Scotland, Loan Exhibition of Pictures by Sir Henry Raeburn and Other Deceased Painters of the Scottish School, Edinburgh, 1901, no.40; Whitechapel Art Gallery, Scottish Art and History, London, 31 May - 9 July 1912, no.21; National Gallery of Scotland, Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie, Edinburgh, 1951, no.27
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