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An image of Stephen Croft, Junior by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Alternate image of Stephen Croft, Junior by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds

(England 1723–1792)

Title
Stephen Croft, Junior
Other titles:
Lieutenant Stephen Croft
Year
1760
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

76.2 x 63.5cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1965
Accession number
OB1.1966
Location
15th–19th c European art
Provenance (4)

Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), 09 Dec 1964-15 Oct 1965, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Agnew's 1965. Jointly purchased by Agnew's and Newhouse Galleries from Sotheby's London, 9 December 1964, lot no. 171. Listed in the 'other properties' section of the catalogue as 'Lieutenant Stephen Croft'.

Sotheby's London (England), 09 Dec 1964, London/England, Purchased by Agnew's from Sotheby's London, 9 December 1964, lot no. 171. Listed in the 'other properties' section of the catalogue as 'Lieutenant Stephen Croft'. Jointly purchased by Agnew's and Newhouse Galleries.

Private Collection, Hampshire/England

Harry Croft (England, b.1857, d.1926), Yorkshire/England, Great grandson of Stephen Croft

Bibliography (8)

David Mannings (United Kingdom) (Author), Sir Joshua Reynolds: A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven, 2000, Vol. 1: 155; Vol. 2: 267 (illus.). cat.no. 452, plate no. 491. Volume 1: text; Volume 2: plates

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Robert Gaston (Author), European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1989, 41 (illus.). no. 107

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 164 (illus.).

Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 16 (colour illus.).

Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Apr 1967, Apr 1967.

Sotheby's London (England) (Editor), Sotheby's London, London, 23 Mar 1981. lot. 171, Listed as Lieutenant Stephen Croft, and is in the 'other properties' section.

A. Graves (Author), W.V. Cronin (Author), A history of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 1, London, 1899, 212.

Yorkshire Fine Art & Industrial Institution (England), Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1978. cat.no. 606, lent by Mr Harry Croft

Exhibition history (3)

Yorkshire Fine Art & Industrial Exhibition, York, Yorkshire Fine Art & Industrial Institution, 1879–1879.

European masters and Australian painting from Australian collections, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 02 Oct 1979 -.

European masters and Australian painting from Australian collections, State Hermitage Museum, 04 Dec 1979 -.