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| Keywords: MrsJohnTaylor ByThomasGainsborough circa1778 NGA Washington.png Artwork en Portrait circa 1778 of Mrs John Taylor Sarah Skey eldest daughter of Samuel Skey of Spring Grove Worcestershire wife of John II Taylor 1738-1814 of Bordesley Hall near Birmingham button manufacturer and co-founder of Lloyds Bank By Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788 National Gallery of Art Washington DC Andrew W Mellon Collection no 1937 1 100 oil on canvas oval 76 x 64 cm 29 15/16 x 25 3/16 in Provenance per National Gallery of Art catalogue entry <blockquote> Painted for the sitter's husband John Taylor 1738-1814 of Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall Birmingham; by descent to George W Taylor Pickenhall Hall Swaffham Norfolk who sold it sometime after 1903 it was still in his possession when it was exhibited at Birmingham Trotti et cie Paris M Knoedler Co New York ; purchased September 1905 by Andrew W Mellon Pittsburgh and Washington D C ; deeded December 1934 to The A W Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA Loans Loan Collection of Portraits City Museum and Art Gallery Birmingham 1903 no 27 </blockquote> c 1778 Oil on canvas cm 76 64 Institution National Gallery of Art http //www nga gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page 107 html other versions PD-old-100 Female portraits by Thomas Gainsborough 18th-century portrait paintings in the National Gallery of Art 1778c Paintings by Thomas Gainsborough in the National Gallery of Art 1778 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Portrait 1778 portrait paintings from Great Britain F 18th-century oil oval portraits of women at half length 1778c | ||||
