Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Thomas, 2nd Baron Bruce, later 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814)
- Pastel
- 18 ⅜ × 14 ½ inches · 467 × 369 mm
- Inscribed on a label verso: Thomas 1st Earl of Ailesbury / 1730. 1814 / married Feby [sic]17= 1761 to Susanna / daughter of Henry Hoare Esq / of Stourhead = Wilts.
In the original Italian carved giltwood frame.
Collections
- By family descent to 2012.
Literature
- Margery Morgan, 'British Connoisseurs in Rome,' British Art Journal, Spring/Summer 2006, VII, no. 1, pp. 40-44, repr. p. 41, fig. 4.