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| Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819) |
Artist:Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
Date:ca. 1780
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
The sitter was a nephew and pupil of the celebrated musicologist Dr. Charles Burney. In 1770 he married Dr. Burney's oldest daughter, Esther, called Hetty, whom he had known since childhood. C. R. Burney was a composer as well as a virtuoso musician. He and his wife are reported to have played brilliantly together on the harpsichord.
Provenance
the sitter, Charles Rousseau Burney (until d. 1819); by descent to Colonel Henry Edward Burney, Woburn Sands, near Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire (by 1907–30; posthumous sale, Christie's, London, June 20, 1930, no. 128, for £4,620 to Knoedler and Tooth); [Knoedler, London and New York, and Tooth, London, 1930; sold for £12,000 to Schley]; Evander B. Schley, New York (1930; sold to Knoedler and Tooth); [Knoedler, New York, and Tooth, London, 1930–34; sold to Harkness]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, New York (1934–his d. 1940); Mrs. Edward S. (Mary Stillman) Harkness, New York (1940–d. 1950)
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