Portrait of Sir William Wellesley Knighton 2nd Baronet (1811-1885), half-length, seated, in academic robes Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1840 Size: 29 x 23.75 in. Provenance: Sir William Wellesley Knighton, 2nd Bt., London and Blendworth Lodge, Hampshire; His deceased sale, London, Christie's, May 23, 1885 (according to Sotheby's catalogue entry, unverified);Sotheby's at Simpson's (inaugural auction by Sotheby's London in Canada); Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Maps: Part 1; 16 October 1967; lot 48; from whom purchased the present Private Collection, Toronto, Canada. Literature: Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, Sir David Wilkie, 1902, p.99