It was one of the first works to enter the collection of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh[1] after its bequest in 1859 by the heirs of Thomas Graham.

Her younger sister Louisa was married to Lord Stormont, while her brother William, 1st Earl Cathcart were also painted by Gainsborough.

It secured her reputation as an icon of contemporary beauty and helped her to quickly become a prominent figure in the fashionable society of Georgian London.

[2] She attracted many admirers and friendships from Robert Burns to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire who recalled ‘her goodness, her sense, her sweetness’.

[2] Two years later it was bequeathed by his cousin and heir, Robert Graham to the recently opened Scottish National Gallery.