An Evening at the Rose Tavern, Scene III

Benjamin Booth (d. 1807), London, by April 1807;

By descent to his son, Rev. R. S. Booth (d. 1807), April-September 1807;

Inherited by his sister, Lady Marianne Ford (née Booth, 1767-1849), and her husband, Sir Richard Ford, M.P. (1759-1806), Exeter, England, 1807-1849 [1];

By descent to their son, Richard Ford (1796-1858), Exeter, England, 1849-1858;

By descent to his son, Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899), 1858-1899;

By descent to his son, Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940), London, 1899–June 14, 1929;

Purchased at his sale, The Collection of Pictures by Richard Wilson, R.A, the Property of Captain Richard Ford, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 14, 1929, lot 2, as A Rake’s Progress III – The Tavern Scene, by Savile Gallery, London, 1929;

Purchased at Eighteenth Century and Modern Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby’s, London, April 20, 1955, lot 80, by John Nicholson Gallery, New York, 1955-1956;

Purchased from Nicholson Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1956.

NOTES:

[1] This painting was offered for sale by Lady Marianne Ford and Sir Richard Ford, M.P., at The Late B. Booth, Esq., Christie’s, London, May 30, 1809, lot 62, but failed to sell.