The Oddie Children

Artist Sir William Beechey British, 1753–1839

Date1789

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions72 x 71 7/8 in. (182.9 x 182.6 cm)
Frame: 86 3/4 x 83 3/4 in. (220.3 x 212.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.65

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ProvenanceCommissioned by Henry Hoyle Oddie (1744–1830), Carey Street London and Barnwell Castle Northamptonshire [1]; The Oddie Family until 1910; Sir John Charles Robinson, London (?); D. G. Reid, New York, January 1912; consigned by Daniel R. Topping, New York, August, 1950; Jane Dixon Topping, Southampton, NY [2]; [Knoedler Galleries, New York, October 1951, no. A4718]; sold to NCMA, 1952 [3].

[1] Beechey's account book of 1789 mentions the payment for this commission. Transcribed in William Roberts, Sir William Beechey, R.A. (1907), p. 39.
[2] Listed as Mrs. John R. Topping in Knoedler Stock Book 9, Page 231, Row 27, stock no. A4718.
[3] Listed as North Carolina State Art Society in Knoedler Stock Book 10, Page 65, Row 10, stock no. A4718. Sale date February 19, 1952.

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