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John Hoppner (British, 1758-1810) Portrait of Charlotte Walsingham, Lady Fitzgerald, Three-quarter Length in a Gray Satin Dress Unsigned, identified and dated to 1797 on a presentation plaque and on labels from the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, affixed to the backing and frame. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. (127.0 x 101.6 cm), framed. Condition: Lined, retouch, fine craquelure. Provenance: The Honorable John Boyle whose wife was the sitter's daughter; by descent to Colonel Gerald E Boyle; With Agnew & Sons, London; through to Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Jones Kansas City, Missouri; purchased in 1932 by the William Rockhill Nelson Collection, Kansas City, Missouri (a predecessor of the Nelson-Atkins Museum); deaccessioned and sold, Christie's, New York, May 25, 2005, Lot 220; Private collection, New York; Sotheby's New York, Old Master Paintings, June 5, 2008, Lot 84; Sotheby's New York, Old Master and 19th Century European Art, January 31, 2009, Lot 93 as Property of a New York gentleman; though to the current owner. Literature: W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner R.A., London, 1914, p. 83; International Studio, November, 1922, illustrated on cover; Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, 1933, p. 59, illustrated; "Nelson Gallery of Art," Art Digest, December 8, 1933, p. 24, illustrated; Henry J. Haskell, "The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art," Art News, December 23, 1933, p. 48, illustrated; The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, housed in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, 1949, p. 34, illustrated.