Henry Raeburn
John Tait and His Grandson
c. 1793126 x 100 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 520
Provenance
Craufurd Tait, Edinburgh (died 1832), the sitter's only son
by descent through John Tait (died 1877), the child in the portrait, to Mrs. Frederick Pitman, née Tait, Edinburgh, by 1901
her eldest son, Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman, Edinburgh
sold October 1918 to Robert Langton Douglas, London and New York
purchased February 1919 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Henry Raeburn
David Anderson
c. 1790
c. 1790
Self-portrait
Lady Maitland
Professor John Playfair
The Binning Children
c. 1811
c. 1811