Miss Davidson Reid

Probably painted for the sitter's father, David Reid, Edinburgh; by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Mrs. John Pryce, to Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys-Pryce [1874-1950];[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1924, no. 84); (M. Knoedler & Co., London); from whose New York branch it was purchased 1924 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;[2] gift by 1937 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] The early provenance is recorded in a dealer's prospectus, probably Knoedler's, in NGA curatorial files. [2] According to the records of both Mrs. Mellon Bruce and Mr. Mellon, copies of which are in NGA curatorial files.