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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.145
People
Henry Raeburn, British (Stockbridge, Scotland 1756 - 1823 Edinburgh, Scotland)
Title
Portrait of a Lady
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1814
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Culture
British, Scottish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.3 x 63.6 cm (30 1/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
framed: 102.2 x 88.9 x 10.8 cm (40 1/4 x 35 x 4 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of stretcher, handwritten in black ink:: 25 [Learmonth? Monmouth?] Terrace / Edinburgh / 42
  • inscription: back of stretcher, handwritten in black ink:: [two words, illegible]
  • inscription: back of stretcher, handwritten in black ink:: [C. or L.?] J. Raeburn
  • inscription: on back of stretcher, handwritten in black ink:: Lady with / ruby dress / open
  • inscription: back of stretcher, handwritten in graphite:: 36 1/4 / 15 / 51 1/2
  • inscription: back of stretcher, handwritten in graphite:: 32 1/2
  • label: crossbar of stretcher, printed and handwritten:: [black ink:] SCOTT & FOWLES / 580 Fifth Ave. / New York / No. [red pencil:] 1146
  • inscription: center bar of stretcher, handwritten in blue pencil:: (5619)
  • inscription: crossbar of stretcher, handwritten in graphite:: 11968
  • seal: crossbar of stretcher: [red wax seal with shield-shaped design]
  • inscription: crossbar of stretcher, black ink, faded:: in part: [Lady [L?] Raeburn]?
  • inscription: crossbar of stretcher, handwritten in white chalk?: G

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Family of the sitter [1], sold; to Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh. John F. Talmage, Esq., sold [through American Art Association, New York, 1913, lot 22]; to [Knoedler & Co., New York] and [Scott and Fowles, New York]; sold; to [Scott and Fowles, New York[2], sold; to Edmund C. Converse, by descent; to Mrs. Edmund C. Converse, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942

[1] Per Knoedler stockbook 6, no. 13117
[2] Per Knoedler stockbook 6, no. 13117

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edmund C. Converse
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.145
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Cent Chefs d'Oeuvre, exh. cat. (Paris, France, 1892), no. 35, repr. p. 43
  • Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, W. Heinemann / Dodd, Mead & Co. (London, England and New York, NY, 1901), brief listing p. 115 under "unnamed"
  • Loan exhibition of old masters for the benefit of the Artists' Fund and Artists' Aid Societies, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, NY, 1912), no. 27, repr.
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 126, repr. as no. 27

Exhibition History

  • Cent Chefs d'Oeuvre, Unknown Venue, 01/01/1892 - 12/31/1892
  • Scottish Old Masters Exhibition, Grafton Galleries, London, 01/01/1895 - 12/31/1895
  • Loan Exhibition of Pictures by Sir Henry Raeburn..., National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1901
  • Loan Exhibition of Old Masters, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 01/11/1912 - 01/27/1912

Verification Level

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