Mrs. Vere of Stonebyres

c. 1805

Sir Henry Raeburn

Painter, Scottish, 1756 - 1823

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James T. Gibson-Craig [1799-1886], York Place, Edinburgh, at least by 1876;[1] (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 23 April 1887, no. 25); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); sold 3 June 1887 to James Keiller, Dundee, Scotland, and London, England;[2] by inheritance to his wife.[3] W.A. Coats, at least by 1900.[4] (Wallis and Sons, London);[5] purchased 28 January 1916 by (M. Knoedler and Co., London and New York);[6] sold March 1916 to (Henry Reinhardt, New York); sold 1916 to William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Gibson-Craig lent the painting to an exhibition of works by Sir Henry Raeburn at the Royal Academy, Edinburgh, in 1876.
[2] Date according to Thomas Agnew and Sons Records, National Gallery of Art, London, Picture Stock Book, 1885-1891: NGA27/1/1/7, p. 59, stock number 4687.
[3] According to Edward Pinnington, Sir Henry Raeburn, London, 1904.
[4] Lent by Coats to Summer Exhibition consisting of a collection of Pictures by British Masters of the 18th Century, Forbes and Paterson's Gallery, London, June 1900.
[5] In Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and Works with a Catalogue of His Pictures, London, 1911, p. 62, James Greig states that the work was in the possession of Wallis and Sons by 1910. The painting was included in a 1910 exhibition at the Wallis and Sons Gallery. However, it was lent in 1911 by Coats to The Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow.
[6] Dates of Knoedler purchase and sale according to M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Painting Stockbook 6, 12653-15139, 1911 December-1920 July, page 116. The painting is stock number 13783.

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Exhibition History

1876

  • Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., Royal Academy, National Gallery, Edinburgh, October and November 1876, no. 30.

1895

  • Winter Exhibition of the Works of Old Scottish Portrait Painters, with a Selection of the Pictures of the Rev. John Thomson, of Duddingston. Also a Collection of Old Scottish Silver and Weapons, Grafton Galleries, London, 1895, no. 78.

1900

  • Summer Exhibition consisting of a collection of Pictures by British Masters of the 18th Century, Forbes and Paterson's Gallery, London, June 1900, no. 15.

1901

  • Autumn Exhibition consisting of a loan collection of Portraits by Sir Henry Raeburn, R. A., Forbes and Paterson's Gallery, London, Niovember 1901, no. 6.

1910

  • Pictures by Sir Henry Rareburn, R.A., French Gallery (Wallis & Son), London, 1910, no. 3.

1911

  • Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 1911, no. 58.

1978

  • The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April-16 July 1978, unnumbered cat.

2001

  • Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November 2001-4 February 2002, unnumbered cat.

Bibliography

1927

  • Glover, Charles, C. "Specially Designed Structure Here, Made After Assembling of Works Offers Unsual Opportunity for Public Display. Gift from Late Senator, Which is Valued at Millions to Be Notable Addition to Treasures of Corcoran Gallery of Art." The Sunday Star (11 December 1927).

Wikidata ID

Q46626363

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