Lot 54
SIR HENRY RAEBURN R.A. (SCOTTISH 1756-1823)
PORTRAIT OF RALPH ANTHONY IRONESIDE, OF TANNOCHSIDE, LANARKSHIRE
Auction: 01 October 2025 From 10:00 BST
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 61cm (30in x 24in)
Provenance
Presented by the sitter to Mr Kinderley as a wedding gift, in 1808 or 1809 (according to the Lepke sale catalogue, 1907);
Thence by descent to his daughter, Elisabeth M. Hildgard;
By whom sold, Berlin, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 12 November 1907, Lot 63;
With Wallis & Son, London, before 1911, from whom acquired by;
Henry Sayles (1834–1918), Boston and New York;
Thence by inheritance to his nephew, George Tappan Francis, 56 Commonwealth, Boston;
Sold by the late Henry Sayles' Estate, New York, American Art Association, 14–15 January 1920, Lot 141, for $3,500;
With Wunderly Bros. Galleries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Emil Winter (1857–1941), Lyndhurst, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
By whose executors sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, 15–17 January 1942, Lot 451, for $1,800,
Sotheby's, London, Old Masters, 7 July 2016.
Footnote
Exhibited: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, before 1920 (according to a label on the reverse).
Literature: J. Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. His life and works, London 1911, p. 49.