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Provenance
Robin Adair
Mrs Clavering
The Rev. & Hon. John Lowther Barrington (1805-1897), by descent to
Mrs Russell Barrington
Private Collection
Literature
E Crosby-Heath, 'Robin Adair', The Connoisseur, London 1925, pp. 130-135 (as by Thomas Gainsborough)
The present work depicts Robert "Robin" Adair, Surgeon-General to George III, with his three children: Robert, later a prominent MP painted by Thomas Gainsborough; the young lady seated is said to be the future Mrs Clavering; and the younger girl in the centre is Elizabeth, the future Viscountess Barrington.