The Hon Mrs Thomas Graham

Thomas Gainsborough

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Work Overview

The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham
Gainsborough, Thomas
c. 1775/1777
oil on canvas
overall: 89.5 x 69 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/16 in.)


Painted for the sitter's husband, Thomas Graham, later 1st Baron Lynedoch [1748-1843], Balgowan, Perthshire; by descent to his second cousin, Robert Graham, 2nd Baron Lynedoch [d. 1859], who bequeathed it to his nephew, James Maxtone Graham [1819-1901]; by descent to his son, Anthony G. Maxtone Graham [1854-1930], Redgorton, Perthshire. (P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., London), by 1909;[1] acquired the same year by (M. Knoedler & Co., London); purchased 21 March 1910 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.