Magdalen Gemmell, Mrs. Duncan Davidson
Date: ca. 1795
Dimensions:unframed: 34 3/4 x 27 in. (88.3 x 68.6 cm)
framed: 44 x 36 in. (111.8 x 91.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Heather McFarlin Perron and Laurie McFarlin
Object number: 2012.9.2
Provenance: W. B. R. Hall, Fortrose; sold by Hall Estate at Christie’s London, May 10, 1912 to Asher Wertheimer (1844-1918), London; sold by Asher Wertheimer to Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1912; half share sold by Arthur Tooth & Sons to M. Knoedler & Co., New York and quarter share sold to Scott (probably Scott & Fowles, New York), 1912; sold by M. Knoedler & Co. to D.G. Reid, New York, 1917. With M. Knoedler & Co. by 1921. John R. McFarlin (1913-1990), San Antonio, by 1979; John R. McFarlin Estate, San Antonio, 1990; Heather McFarlin Perron (1943-), San Antonio, and Laurie McFarlin (1951-), San Francisco, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012.