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John Tait and His Grandson
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John Tait and His Grandson

c. 1793, with additions c. 1800
Sir Henry Raeburn visual detail
ArtistSir Henry Raeburn
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Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence
Last known price $125,000 Dealer sale · Feb 1, 1919
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
1919 · $125,000
$125K1919
Last known price$125,0001 matched observed sale
Observed median$125,000
Observed sales1
Artist index—
1919-02-01Dealer sale$125,000.00
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Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked
ArtworkSale dateHouseRealized USDMatch
Colonel Francis James Scott
1796 · oil on canvas
1922-05-09—$40,000.0089%
Mrs. George Hill
1790 · oil on canvas
1900-12-12—$16,000.0088%
Miss Eleanor Urquhart
1793 · oil on canvas
1920-10-01—$58,500.0086%

Similarity score is descriptive evidence ranking, not a valuation model. Every row comes from the public-rights market boundary.

Provenance

Public
Craufurd Tait, Edinburgh [d. 1832], the sitter's only son

Craufurd Tait, Edinburgh [d. 1832], the sitter's only son

by descent through John Tait [d. 1877], the child in the portrait, to Mrs. Frederick Pitman, née Tait, Edinburgh, by 1901

by descent through John Tait [d. 1877], the child in the portrait, to Mrs. Frederick Pitman, née Tai...

her eldest son, Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman, Edinburgh

her eldest son, Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman, Edinburgh

sold October 1918 to (Robert Langton Douglas, London and New York)

sold October 1918 to (Robert Langton Douglas, London and New York)

[1] purchased February 1919 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

[1] purchased February 1919 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

[2] deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh

[2] deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh

gift 1937 to NGA.

gift 1937 to NGA.

Source provenance text

Craufurd Tait, Edinburgh [d. 1832], the sitter's only son; by descent through John Tait [d. 1877], the child in the portrait, to Mrs. Frederick Pitman, née Tait, Edinburgh, by 1901; her eldest son, Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman, Edinburgh; sold October 1918 to (Robert Langton Douglas, London and New York);[1] purchased February 1919 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; [2] deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA. [1] John S. Pitman (Archibald Pitman's brother), undated letter to Langton Douglas, in NGA curatorial files. See letter from Douglas to Fowles dated 1 May 1941, Duveen Brothers Records, Box 244 (reel 299). [2] M. Knoedler & Co. stock books (Helmut Ripperger to Ross Watson, 28 September 1969, in NGA curatorial files).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

John Tait and His Grandson is a work by Sir Henry Raeburn. dated c. 1793, with additions c. 1800. made in oil on canvas. with recorded dimensions overall: 126 x 100 cm (49 5/8 x 39 3/8 in.). The work is recorded by National Gallery of Art under accession 1937.1.103.

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Evidence state

1 observed sales · 3 comparable sales · 9 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.

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