Henry Raeburn

Portrait of William Hunt (c.1796-1854), Pittencrief House, Dunfermline, full-length, seated on a rock in a landscape with a dog



Henry Raeburn - Portrait of William Hunt (c.1796-1854), Pittencrief House, Dunfermline, full-length, seated on a rock in a landscape with a dog



Henry Raeburn
Portrait of William Hunt (c.1796-1854), Pittencrief House, Dunfermline, full-length, seated on a rock in a landscape with a dog
198.1 x 135.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, New York, 20 May 2025


Provenance


The sitter's sister, Christina Harrowar, née Hunt, Inzievar, and by descent to,
Mrs. James Macfarlane of Dunfermline, and by descent to,
James Macfarlane of Dunfermline, Procurator-Fiscal for Fife, and by descent to,
R.H.A. Hunt, Esq., Logie House, Dunfermline.
William Allan Coats (1853-1926), Dalskairth, Dumfrieshire, his deceased sale; Christie's, London, 10 June 1927, lot 122, as 'Portrait of James Harrower of Inzievar' (2600 gns. to Harcourt).
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, where acquired in May 1974, by the following,
Walter P. Chrysler Jr. (1909-1988), Norfolk; his deceased sale; Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1989, lot 91, where acquired by the present owner
Sale Christie's, New York, 20 May 2025, nr. 19

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