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196 "Mr. W. P. Frith in his Reminiscences, tells a curios story passage of this canvass. It remained at Dalby Hall until about thirty years ago, and when the contents of that house were sold, the picture, a splendid full-length, was bought for six guineas by five Jewish dealers of Seven Dials. They sold it to Mr. Graves for $300, and an hour after Mr. Graves purchased the portrait he passed it to Lord Chesterfield for 1000 guineas. But this nobleman died of ever a few days later, and by arrangement with his family Mr. Graves was allowed to retain the portrait, which he transferred to a famous collector for 1500 guineas. It was at one time the property of Baron Lionel Rothschild and Mr. Pierpont Morgan, and it now belongs to Mr. Charles Wertheimer, who sent it to the Exhibition of British Art in Berlin last year." Gainsborough by Mortimer Menpes Text by James Greig, R. B. A London 1909. Frith has a whole chapter (XLVII) describing this transaction in a humorous manner. But Mr. Stokes not Mr. Graves was the purchaser See pp. 458-63. My Autobiography by W. P. Firth, Harper & Bros. 1888.