Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell

Joshua Reynolds(English, 1723-1792)

Date

1774/1776

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm) Framed: 41 1/4 x 36 x 4 1/8 in.

Department

European Painting

Classification

Paintings

Credit

Bequest of Eleanor Clay Ford

Accession No.

77.7

Provenance

Holt, Norfolk, Great Britain, Collection Rev. Sir Edward Repps Joddrell, Bart. Bayfield Hall (sitter's grandson; he died 1882); passed to his widow; Her sale, London, auction Jodrell, (Christie's) 30 June, 1888, lot 70, bt. Samuels for £451, 10s; [Waterhouse suggested it was there bought on behalf of Sir Alfred Joddrell of Bayfield Hall, d. 1929]; New York, Duveen Brothers (dealer), bt. Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, January 23, 1930, for $260,000; Detroit, (Grosse Pointe Farms) Collection Mr. & Mrs. Edsel Ford by whom bequeathed to The Detroit Institute of Arts in 1977.

Keywords

canvas, oil, paint, portrait, half length