Lot 247: Circle of George Knapton (London 1698-1778)

Portrait of lady, half-length, in a blue dress wearing pearls and a straw hat oil on canvas painted as oval 293/4 x 241/2 in. (75.5 x 62.2 cm.) PROVENANCE Miss Wynn Williams; sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1911, lot 5, as 'W. Hogarth' (to F. Holbrooke). with Seligman-Rey, New York, 1932, as George Knapton, from whom purchased by William R. Hearst, New York and Los Angeles, whom gifted to the museum in 1950. EXHIBITION Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Hall of Records, 23 July 1953-3 May 1962, as George Knapton. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Public Welfare Commission, Hall of Records, 3 May 1962-28 November 1968; Commissioner's Office Room 1165, 29 November 1968-7 August 1973, as George Knapton.