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Dimensions: 40 by 50 1/4 in.; 101.5 by 127.5cm

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Provenance: Painted for Robert Sayer or James Sayer, his son;
Thence by descent to his son, Robert Sayer D.L. (b. 1797), Sibton Park, Suffolk;
Thence by descent to Lt. General Sir James Rober Sayer (1826-1908);
Thence by descent to his widow Lady Sayer, Onslow Cresent;
Thence by descent to her daughter Miss Sayer;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, July 31, 1934, lot 119 to Permain for £980;
William Randolf Hearst;
M. Adams Acton;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, July 15, 1964, to Agnew for £1,400;
With Newhouse Galleries Inc., New York;
From whom acquired by the Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas in 1969;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby's, June 4, 1987, lot 126;
With Leger Galleries, London (as Johann Zoffany);
Private Collection, England.

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Literature: Lady Victoria Manners, "John Zoffany, R.A.," The Connoisseur, June 1917, vol. XLVIII, p. 78;
Lady Victoria Manners and G.C. Williamson, John Zoffany, R.A., His Life and Works, 1920, p. 37 & 231.

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Notes: At center stands James Sayer, with his stepmother and father, Robert Sayer (circa 1725-1794) seated beside him. The Sayer family were publishers of prints and reputed to have been on very friendly terms with Zoffany.