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Robert Hay
Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)
about 1805–6
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
77.5 x 64.1 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Arthur Gallup
Accession Number29.894
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceAbout 1805/1806, the sitter, Robert Hay (b. 1731 - d. 1807), Duns Castle, Drummelzier, Scotland; by descent to his grandson, W. J. Hay, Duns Castle. By 1923, Sir William H. Raeburn; January 26, 1923, anonymous (Raeburn) sale, Christie's, London, lot 95, to David Croal Thomson (dealer; b. 1855 - d. 1930), London; December 1923, sold by Thomson at Barbizon House, London, cat. 37, to Howard Young Galleries, Inc., New York and London; 1929, sold by Howard Young Galleries to Mrs. William Arthur Gallup, Boston; 1929, gift of Mrs. William Arthur Gallup to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1929)