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?London, Noel Desenfans, 1786-1807: ?London, Christie's, Desenfans private sale, 8ff Apr. 1786, lot 208 (ÔRussell, Earl of Bedford. 37 x 31 outside frame. £21'); ?London, Desenfans private sale, 8ff Jun. 1786, lot 151 ('John Russell, 3rd Son to the Earl of Bedford'); London, Christie's, 14 Jul. 1786, lot 44. Bt ?Wickstead; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, by 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811; 1813 inv., no. ? (as ÔEarl of Pembroke').Murray writes that ÔIf the earlier Bedford is a different picture fromt he Bourgeois Pembroke then the history of that picture may be:' Sir Joshua Reynolds; ?London, Michael Bryan, 1798; his sale, London, Coxe, Bryan sale, 19 May 1798, lot 2. Note that Mrs Jameson says the picture was p'Purchased from Mr Bryan's collection in 1798, and formerly in the possession of Sir Joshua Reynolds'.HOWEVER: Richard Hulse; his sale, London, Christie's, 22 Mar. 1806, lot 79 (ÔVandyckÐPhilip Earl of Pembroke -- very animated, painted with Dignity and fine Execution'). Bt Desenfans for £53.11; London, Noel Desenfans, 1806-1807; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811; 1813 inv., no. ? (as ÔEarl of Pembroke').
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