Catalogue entry
T01570 Thomas Pellett MD c.1735–9
Oil on canvas 764×635 (30 1/16×25)
Inscribed ‘Thomas Pellet M: D: Praeses Col. Med. Lond.’ in black paint along top edge of oval, and ‘W Hogarth’ upper right along edge of oval
Presented to the National Gallery by the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander under the terms of a Deed of Gift 1959, entered collection (as N 06417) in 1972; transferred to the Tate Gallery 1972
PROVENANCE ...; according to letter in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1783, ‘in the possession of a gentleman at Manuden in Essex’; ...; J. Thane, from whom bt by Thomas Gwennap before 1819; bt from him by ‘Mr. Penny’ 1821; ...; H.R. Willett of Shooter's Hill before 1833; ...; W.H. Forman by 1860 (as ‘A Gentleman wearing a wig and Alderman's gown’ by unknown artist); by descent to Major A.H. Browne 1869 and transferred by him to Callaly Castle, Northumberland, 1890, sold Sotheby's 27 June 1899 (1 as ‘Man in a Wig’ by Kneller) bt Colnaghi, sold to W.C… (read more)
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