Title
John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode
circa 1820
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (1780-1866)
- Date
- circa 1820
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 128.6 x 102.7 cm canvas; 151.5 x 126.0 x 10.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with the William and Mary Farnsworth gift fund 1971
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 54.1971
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Sir Henry Raeburn
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Unknown, Leggatt Bros., London 1971, Leggatt Bros., London, London, 1971–1971
Scottish paintings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981
European Old Masters 16th-19th Century from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 28 Sep 2017–03 Dec 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 161, illus p 161.
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Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, p 149, no 1825.
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David Mackie, Raeburn, life and art, unpub PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Burlington Magazine, vol 62, no 363, 'Forthcoming sales – the Barrymore collection', London, Jun 1933, p xvii.
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Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, illus np.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 1971, Sydney, 1971, pp 5, 11.
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Catalogue of drawings and pictures of the Italian, Dutch and French schools..., London, 14 Jun 1933, p 21, no 84, illus opp p 21.
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Provenance
John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, circa 1820, Gordon/Berwickshire/Scotland, By inheritance to his daughter Alicia Anne, Lady John Scott Spottiswoode (d 1900). By inheritance to her great nephew John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode (1882-1946). Sold by him Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1933, no 84.
John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode, pre 14 Jun 1933, London/England, Sold by him at Sotheby's London, 14 June 1933, no 84.
Leggatt Bros., London, 14 Jun 1933-pre 1971, London/England, Purchased at Sotheby's London, 14 June 1933 for ₤320. Possibly Lord Bruntisfield; again with Leggatt Bros, London, by 1971.
William and Mary Farnsworth, 1971, Australia, Gift of William and Mary Farnsworth 1971