Richard Wilson
The White Monk

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Artist Richard Wilson Welsh, 1713/14–1782, active England

CultureWelsh

Titles

The White Monk

Datec. 1760–1765

PlaceEngland

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 × 51 1/4 in. (91.4 × 130.2 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1985.16

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

DescriptionSee this lecture on the White Monk by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
ProvenancePurchased by either Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor 1st Baronet (1722–1773), Langley Park, Norfolk, England, or his son, Thomas 2nd Baronet (1756–1827), and daughter-in-law, Mary (Palmer), Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (1759–1847); Sir Reginald Proctor Beauchamp, 5th Baronet (1853–1912), 1880; [consigned by his Trustees, Christie’s, London, May 31, 1946, no. 67, purchased by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London]; Ivan Stedeford of Tube Investments, 1947; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London; purchased by Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1985].
Exhibition History"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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