Henry Raeburn
Miss Eleanor Urquhart
c. 179375 x 62 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. 515
Provenance
Painted for the sitter's father, William Urquhart, 2nd Laird of Craigston, Craigston Castle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
by descent to Captain Michael Bruce Pollard-Urquhart (1879-1940), Craigston Castle and Castle Pollard
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 20 December 1918, nr. 144
bought by Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London
with M. Knoedler & Co., London, probably from whose New York branch it was purchased 5 October 1920 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
Isabella Maclead, Mrs James Gregory
late 1790s
late 1790s
Rear-Admiral Charles Inglis
Niel Gow
David Deuchar
Sir Patrick Inglis