Explore the History of this artwork, James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale (Reynolds painting).
The Earl sat for the portrait during 1759, and purchased it from Reynolds in 1761 for £80. The painting passed through the family until 1976, when the Hon Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew sold the painting at Christie's on 26 March. The painting was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a public collection, after the gallery had received an anonymous gift fund to purchase an 18th-century portrait earlier that year.
Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew Art Gallery of New South Wales Earl Christie's