MAKE A MEME View Large Image John II Taylor (1738-1814) ByThomasGainsborough 1778 MFA Boston.png en Portrait circa 1778 of John II Taylor 1738 “1814 of Bordesley Hall near Birmingham England co-founder of Lloyds Bank By Thomas Gainsborough 1727 “1788 Oil on canvas 75 9 ...
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Keywords: John II Taylor (1738-1814) ByThomasGainsborough 1778 MFA Boston.png en Portrait circa 1778 of John II Taylor 1738 “1814 of Bordesley Hall near Birmingham England co-founder of Lloyds Bank By Thomas Gainsborough 1727 “1788 Oil on canvas 75 9 x 64 5 cm 29 7/8 x 25 3/8 in Museum of Fine Arts Boston USA Text of catalogue entry Museum of Fine Arts Boston <blockquote> The sitter was the son of a co-founder of Lloyds Bank and one of the most notable men in the rising industrial city of Birmingham He married his wife Sarah in 1778; her portrait designed as a pair to this is in Washington ™s National Gallery of Art Provenance About 1778 commissioned by the sitter John Taylor b 1738 - d 1814 Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall Birmingham see note 1; 1903 by descent to George William Taylor Pickenham Hall Swaffham Norfolk and Turvey Bedfordshire; 1906 sold by George William Taylor to M Knoedler's London Paris and New York Knoedler's London stock no 4140 New York stock no 11073 and P D Colnaghi's London and New York private ledgers and Trotti et Cie Paris see note 2 By 1910 with Wallis and Son London see note 3; 1910 Wallis and Son joint account with Agnew's London Agnew's stock no J 1538 ; 1913 sold by Agnew's to Holbrook Gaskell b 1813 - d 1909 Wavertree Liverpool; June 11 1920 sold by Holbrook Gaskell in Christie's sale London lot 21 to Agnew's London Agnew's stock no 5842 ; 1922 sold by Agnew's to C Morland Agnew London and Ansdell With Howard Young Galleries New York and London By 1924 Robert J Edwards d 1924 Boston; 1924 by inheritance to his sisters Hannah Marcy Edwards d 1929 Boston and Grace M Edwards d 1938 Boston; 1925 bequeathed by Robert J Edwards to the MFA see note 4 Accession Date April 2 1925 NOTES 1 Taylor was known for being the co-founder of Lloyd's Bank in 1765 2 The painting was acquired as a joint account from Taylor presumably sold by Trotti et Cie 3 According to Agnew's From whom Wallis Son purchased the painting is unknown 4 Siblings Robert d 1924 Hannah d 1929 and Grace d 1938 Edwards were each collectors of art who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession When Robert died he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother Juliana Cheney Edwards In 1925 after his death part of his collection was acquired by the Museum and the remainder went to his sisters with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939 following Grace's death It is not always possible to determine exactly which paintings each sibling had owned </blockquote> http //www mfa org/collections/object/john-taylor-1738 E2 80 931814-32185 Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788 circa 1778 Male portraits by Thomas Gainsborough English paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston PD-old-100
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