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The Roffey Family (© Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)
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© Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

The Roffey Family

Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)

Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Date: 1765 - 1769

Materials: oil

Dimensions: 150 x 188 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £3,000)

Vendor: Spink & Son

Review number: 1730 (1954)

Provenance:
Late Major W S Gosling

Description:
'The Roffey Family', nothing known of the sitters, parents seated and son and daughter standing on their right. Sittings by the Roffey family between 1765 and 1769 referred to by Graves and Cronin in their 'History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds'

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