Portrait of Laurence Sterne
Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Art Funded
- 1975
- Dimensions
- 104 x 100 cm
- Vendor
- Viscountess Mersey
Portrait of Laurence Sterne when the sitter was at height of fame after publication of 1st part of Tristam Shandy - manuscript lying on table beside him.
Picture considered one of Reynold's masterpieces and engraved 4 times, and frequently exhibited.
Provenance
John, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory by 1813; 3rd Baron Holland; Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; by descent.