Oil on canvas; 30 by 25 in; 76 x 63.5 cm; held in the original 18th century carved gilt-wood frame

Provenance: Possibly by descent in the Seymour family; sold by Commander Evelyn Culme-Seymour RN (1881-1970) at Christie's, London, 28 May 1948, lot 117; bought by antique dealers Mallett, and later purchased by Dr T. A. Heinrich, Director of Royal Ontario Museum, Canada; sold Christies, New York Old Master Paintings, 26th March 1982, lot 103 where purchased by Sir Harold Mitchell (1900-1983) and by descent until 2013


Literature: Dr Daniel Goodreau, 'Nathaniel Dance R.A.', 1973
(unpublished PhD thesis) p. 305