Comparable Sales
Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.
No public-rights comparable sales meet the current evidence criteria. RELICT does not fill the table with research-only or licensed-only facts.
Nga
Museum
Miss Davidson Reid
c. 1800/1806
Market Intelligence
Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.
Last known price
$30,000
Dealer sale · Nov 22, 1924
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
$30K1924
Last known price$30,0001 matched observed sale
Observed median$30,000
Observed sales1
Artist index—
1924-11-22Dealer sale$30,000.00
Artist index unavailableNo completed public artist-index build exists.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.
Evidence ranked
Provenance
PublicProbably painted for the sitter's father, David Reid, Edinburgh
Probably painted for the sitter's father, David Reid, Edinburgh
by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Mrs. John Pryce, to Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys-Pryce [1874-1950]
by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Mrs. John Pryce, to Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys-Pryce [1874-...
[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1924, no. 84)
[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1924, no. 84)
(M. Knoedler & Co., London)
(M. Knoedler & Co., London)
from whose New York branch it was purchased 1924 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
from whose New York branch it was purchased 1924 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C...
[2] gift by 1937 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York
[2] gift by 1937 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York
bequest 1970 to NGA.
bequest 1970 to NGA.
Source provenance text
Probably painted for the sitter's father, David Reid, Edinburgh; by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Mrs. John Pryce, to Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys-Pryce [1874-1950];[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1924, no. 84); (M. Knoedler & Co., London); from whose New York branch it was purchased 1924 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;[2] gift by 1937 to his daughter, Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] The early provenance is recorded in a dealer's prospectus, probably Knoedler's, in NGA curatorial files. [2] According to the records of both Mrs. Mellon Bruce and Mr. Mellon, copies of which are in NGA curatorial files.
Ngaconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicNo rights-cleared exhibition history is published.
Sourced Overview Evidence
Miss Davidson Reid is a work by Attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn. dated c. 1800/1806. made in oil on canvas. with recorded dimensions overall: 75.5 x 64 cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/16 in.) framed: 91.4 x 80.6 x 6.6 cm (36 x 31 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.). The work is recorded by National Gallery of Art under accession 1970.17.131.
Ngaconfidence 100%
Evidence state
1 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 9 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.
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