Miss Davidson Reid

c. 1800/1806

Sir Henry Raeburn

Artist, Scottish, 1756 - 1823

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.5 x 64 cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/16 in.)
    framed: 91.4 x 80.6 x 6.6 cm (36 x 31 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.131

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably painted for the sitter's father, David Reid, Edinburgh; by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Mrs. John Pryce, to Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys-Pryce [1874-1950];[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1924, no. 84); (M. Knoedler & Co., London); from whose New York branch it was purchased 1924 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;[2] gift by 1937 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] The early provenance is recorded in a dealer's prospectus, probably Knoedler's, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] According to the records of both Mrs. Mellon Bruce and Mr. Mellon, copies of which are in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1925

  • Pictures by Raeburn, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1925, no. 9.

Bibliography

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 278, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 324, 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: 205-206, repro. 206.

Wikidata ID

Q20180848

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