Miss Jean Christie

c. 1810/1830

Style of Sir Henry Raeburn

Associated Names
Sir Henry Raeburn

Related Artist, Scottish, 1756 - 1823

The image shows a portrait of a person from the waist up. The individual is facing slightly to the right with their head turned towards the viewer. The person has fair skin, green eyes, dark curly hair, and is wearing a white gown with lace trims on the shoulders and neckline. In addition, there is a green draped fabric that complements the attire. The background is a warm-toned gradient.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jean McGinley Draper

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.9 x 64.2 cm (30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.)
    framed: 94.3 x 81.6 x 6.4 cm (37 1/8 x 32 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.9.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Elizabeth, 5th Duchess of Gordon [1794-1864]; by descent to the sitter's half-brother, Adam Gordon; thence through his widow, who married a Mr. Reid, to her grandson, Major Duggan [d. by 1918], Newton Garrie, Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland;[1] sold 1929 by his widow to (P. Jackson Higgs), New York;[2] from whom it was purchased December 1929 by Mrs. William H. Moore, New York; by descent to her son Edward Small Moore [1881-1948], thence to his wife, Jean McGuinley Moore [later Mrs. Charles D. Draper, 1884/5-1954],New York; bequest 1954 to NGA.
[1] The provenance from Adam Gordon to Major Duggan is given in the expertise supplied to P. Jackson Higgs by William Roberts, 5 September 1929, in NGA curatorial files. [2] The picture was advertised as recently acquired by P. Jackson Higgs in Art (December 1929), 5.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1929

  • Art News (December 1929): 5, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 107, as Jean Christie, by Raeburn.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 94, repro., as Jean Christie by Raeburn.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 278, repro., as Jean Christie, by Raeburn.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 323, repro., by Raeburn.

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: 207-208, repro. 207.

Wikidata ID

Q20182845

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