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A group portrait of James Harrower of Inzievar with his wife and son, three-quarter-length, seated under a tree
Details
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. (Stockbridge 1756-1823 Edinburgh)
A group portrait of James Harrower of Inzievar with his wife and son, three-quarter-length, seated under a tree
oil on canvas
52 x 41 ¾ in. (132 x 106.2 cm.)
A group portrait of James Harrower of Inzievar with his wife and son, three-quarter-length, seated under a tree
oil on canvas
52 x 41 ¾ in. (132 x 106.2 cm.)
Provenance
Walter MacFarlane, Glasgow, by 1901.
Charles George, Edinburgh, by 1903.
with Heinemann, Munich and New York, by 1912.
Anonymous sale [Art Exhibitions Bureau, London]; Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, lot 114.
Edward T. Stotesbury, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
with Duveen Brothers, New York, by 1956.
Norton Simon Foundation; Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 21.
Charles George, Edinburgh, by 1903.
with Heinemann, Munich and New York, by 1912.
Anonymous sale [Art Exhibitions Bureau, London]; Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, lot 114.
Edward T. Stotesbury, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
with Duveen Brothers, New York, by 1956.
Norton Simon Foundation; Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 21.
Literature
Sir W. Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, London and New York, 1901, p. 104.
'Exhibition of English Portraits of the Eighteenth Century in the Birmingham art Gallery', exhibition review, The Burlington Magazine, vol. 3, no. 8, November 1903, pp. 118 and 123, illustrated.
J. Grieg, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London, 1911, p. 48.
A.M. Frankfurter, 'Forty Great British Portraits, Art News, 13 April 1940, p. 7, illustrated.
M. Miller, 'Notes from New York', Apollo, XXXI, June 1940, p. 167.
H. Comstock, 'Forty British Portraits', The Connoisseur, CVI, July 1940, p. 28.
E. Hoffman, 'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 100, no. 664, July 1958, p.259.
'Exhibition of English Portraits of the Eighteenth Century in the Birmingham art Gallery', exhibition review, The Burlington Magazine, vol. 3, no. 8, November 1903, pp. 118 and 123, illustrated.
J. Grieg, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London, 1911, p. 48.
A.M. Frankfurter, 'Forty Great British Portraits, Art News, 13 April 1940, p. 7, illustrated.
M. Miller, 'Notes from New York', Apollo, XXXI, June 1940, p. 167.
H. Comstock, 'Forty British Portraits', The Connoisseur, CVI, July 1940, p. 28.
E. Hoffman, 'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 100, no. 664, July 1958, p.259.
Exhibited
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, Loan Collection of Portraits By Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, John Hoppner, Sir Henry Raeburn, and other Artists, 1903, no. 25 (lent by Charles George).
New York, Duveen Brothers, Forty British Portraits: In aid of the Greater New York Fund, 9-30 April 1940.
Knoxville, Art Centre, 1944.
San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1966-1973, on loan.
New York, Duveen Brothers, Forty British Portraits: In aid of the Greater New York Fund, 9-30 April 1940.
Knoxville, Art Centre, 1944.
San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1966-1973, on loan.
Special notice
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