commissioned from the artist by James Caulfield, Lord Charlemont (1728-1799); at Charlemont House, Dublin until circa 1870; P.J. Walsh (Dublin, late 19th century); purchased there by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden (1847-1927), by 1895; Elveden House (Thetford, Norfolk) sale, Christie's (London), 21 May 1984, lot 843; purchased by Christopher Gibbs Ltd (London); purchased there by The Courtauld with the assistance of The Art Fund, V&A Purchase Grant Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund 1986

Long-term loan to Britain Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 01/12/2024-30/11/2027

William Chambers - Architect to George III, National Museum & Stockholm & Sweden, 20/02/1997-20/04/1997

Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III, Somerset House & London & England, 10/10/1996-05/01/1997

Watermark: Watermark: centre: coat-of-arms with “D X X & C / B” (Dirk Blauw & Co. – dated 1733-1827 by Churchill. Possibly the countermark to D.1986.XX.6, see that Watermark).

Inscription: All Recto, brown ink unless otherwise noted, artist’s hand: upper centre: “Section of the Chimney Side of the Study”; in upper compartment, written three times “green” and the letters “E” and “G”; upper right centre: “Profile of E” and below that “H” and “2 ¼”; within the oval at centre, oriented in different directions: “1 2 3 9”; centre: “green” and below that “C”; right centre wall: “D”; lower centre in fireplace, this in graphite: “5 6 ½”; side of the same fireplace: “7 ¼”; lower right: “feat” “raised above / F 3/8.” and “F”; below that: “A”; large paragraph at lower right, “NB” added in grey ink, the rest in brown: “NB the walls of this room must be painted in Oyle / upon the troweld Stucco, of a faint Pea green colour dead / the Cornice Architraves of the Windows, and door, also the frize / and Cornice of the door the Base + Surbase and dada of the room / With the Barrelig [sic] and ornaments Over the Chimney and the frize / cornice + pediment over them must all be painted dead white / The Chimney piece must all be of White marbel / The Medal Cases Entirely of mahogany [this former word crossed through] from A quite / up to B and from C to D / Instead of Mahogany the Medal Cases are to be of yellow / Sandal wood fineer’d upon Mahogany_ The ornaments, mol: / dings, and carved work is to be of Turkey Box_ The Flat Parts / only of Sanders Wood, fineer’d as mark’d on the Drawing - / These woods I shall send from heree [sic] - / The Depth of the Break at G is mark’d at G in the full:sized / Drawing-”; below that, graphite: “green door of this Room how[?] and [illegible word]”; lower left, scale numbered in graphite “5” and “10”.

Collector's mark: none.