Portrait of a Woman, possibly Miss Hill
18th century or first quarter 19th century
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions76.52 x 63.5 cm (30 1/8 x 25 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession number30.489
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceViscount Hill, probably Rowland Clegg-Hill, 3rd Viscount Hill (b. 1833 - d. 1895), London and Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire [see note 1]. 1896, David H. King, Jr. (b. 1849 - d. 1916), New York; Feburary 17-19, 1896, King sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 121, sold for $3200 to George Robert White (b. 1847 - d. 1922), Boston; by inheritance from White to his sister, Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston; 1930, bequest of Harriet J. Bradbury to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 3, 1930)
NOTES:
[1] Identified in the 1896 King auction catalogue as "Portrait of Miss Hill" by Copley, from the Viscount Hill collection, London. Rowland Clegg-Hill sold other works of art in the 1880s and 1890s.
NOTES:
[1] Identified in the 1896 King auction catalogue as "Portrait of Miss Hill" by Copley, from the Viscount Hill collection, London. Rowland Clegg-Hill sold other works of art in the 1880s and 1890s.
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
between 1778–87
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
Unidentified artist, British, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, fourth quarter 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, third quarter 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, fourth quarter 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, third quarter 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, fourth quarter 18th century
1775–1799
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century