Henry Raeburn

John Tait and His Grandson



Henry Raeburn - John Tait and His Grandson



Henry Raeburn
John Tait and His Grandson
c. 1793
126 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

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1937.1.103

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