Lot 413

ALLAN RAMSAY (SCOTTISH 1713-1784)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MRS GRANT OF PRESTONGRANGE




Auction: Day Two: 20 May 2021 | From 11:00
£12,500
Description
Signed, inscribed and dated 1749, oil on canvas, feigned oval
Dimensions
76cm x 63.5cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Provenance: By family descent through the sitter's son-in-law Sir George Suttie
Sotheby's 14th April 1948 bt. Doig Wilson & Wheatley
Dowell's 6th December 1963 bt. Gordon & Gordon
Note: The daughter of the Rev. William Miller of Neilston, Renfrew, she married William Grant, Lord Prestongrange c.1729
Literature: Alistair Smart, Allan Ramsay 1999, p.169, fig.319




