CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOGARTH (LONDON 1697-1764)

CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOGARTH (LONDON 1697-1764)
The assizes of Westminster Hall
oil on canvas
40 x 49 ½ in. (101.6 x 125.7 cm.)

Provenance
Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (1794-1865), London and Novar, Highland, Scotland; his sale (†), Christie’s, London, 11 May 1867, lot 4, as 'W. Hogarth' (32 gns. to King).
The Earl of Lonsdale(1867-1953), Lowther, Penrith; Christie's, London, 7 March 1952, lot 32, as 'W. Hogarth' (270 gns. to Leggatt Brothers).
(Probably) Hirschl & Adler, New York, by 1956.
Max Safron, New York.
Mr. Joseph Irwin Miller, Columbus, Indiana in 1956, by whom given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1987, and by whom sold,
[Property from the Indianapolis Museum of Fine Art at Newfields, sold to benefit the Art Acquisition Fund]; Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, lot 118, where acquired by the present owner.