The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 254, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)Christie's sale catalogue : Old pictures the property of the late the Rt. Hon. Lord Acton . . . also old pictures and drawings from various sources : 26 April 1929, Christie's, April 26, 1929, p. 6, lot 23, Fiche B51 (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 142-143, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Ralph Edwards, Georgian Conversation Pictures, Apollo, v.105, no. 182, April 1977, p. 254, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA) Another copy of this article may be found in a separately bound and catalogued copy of this issue located on the Mellon Shelf [call number : N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)]James Miller, The Music party, paintings, drawings & prints by Marcellus Laroon, 1679-1772, with related works by Marcellus Laroon the Elder, c. 1650-1702 : catalogue of the exhibition at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, 11th June - 1st September 2011 and at The Handel House Museum .. , London, 2011, p. 24, no. 12, V 1777 (YCBA)J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 44, 94, no. 63, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)Sacheverell Sitwell, Conversation pieces, a survey of English domestic portraits and their painters , B.T. Batsford, London, 1936, pp. 72, 103, pl. 76, fig. 76, ND1314 S5 1936 (YCBA)
Provenance:
Created by Marcellus Laroon the Younger (1679-1772), the artist; …; purchased by “Mann”, Christie’s, London, April 26, 1929 (lot 23); acquired by James Richard Saunders (1863-1932) of London; acquired by Sir Alec Martin (1884-1971) by 1936 [1]; by inheritance to his wife Lady Ada Mary Martin (1885-1980); sold on her behalf by her son William (Willie) A. Martin and his business partner Brian Sewell (Martin & Sewell), 1971; purchased by Paul Mellon, 1971 [a]; by whom gifted to the Yale Center for British Art, 1973. Notes: --- [1] Sacheverell Sitwell, Conversation pieces, a survey of English domestic portraits and their painters , B.T. Batsford, London, 1936, pp. 72. Citations: --- [a] J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 44, 94, no. 63