Henry Raeburn

Miss Eleanor Urquhart



Henry Raeburn - Miss Eleanor Urquhart



Henry Raeburn
Miss Eleanor Urquhart
c. 1793
75 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

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1937.1.101

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