Captain Patrick Miller
1788/1789, altered later (date unknown)
Artist, Scottish, 1756 - 1823


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 59
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 167.2 x 132.8 cm (65 13/16 x 52 5/16 in.)
framed: 195.9 x 160 x 11.4 cm (77 1/8 x 63 x 4 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1948.19.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Wallis & Son, London), 1910; purchased by Sir Edgar Vincent, bt., later 1st viscount d'Abernon [1857-1941], Esher and Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey; sold c. 1917 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 1919 by Mr. [d. 1933] and Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, Southampton, Long Island, New York; Mrs. Sabin [née Pauline Morton], who married Dwight F. Davis, Washington, D.C., in 1936; gift 1948 to NGA.
[1] Duveen Brothers to Mrs. John Shapley, 5 August 1948, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1910
Pictures by Sir Henry Rareburn, R.A., French Gallery (Wallis & Son), London, 1910, no. 18.
1966
Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1966-1968.
1969
Inaugural Exhibition: American Portraits, The Art Museum, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1970, no cat.
1972
Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 85, repro.
Bibliography
1911
Greig, James. Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and Works. London, 1911: 53.
1957
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 92.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 106.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 94, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 278, repro.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 528, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 323, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 188-191, color repro. 191.
Wikidata ID
Q20179571