Propert☂y from the Hamilton Palace Collection, former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton and Branℱdon
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.
Portrait of Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756–1799) | 《漢密爾頓公爵八世道格拉斯・漢密爾頓（1756–17ꦛ99年）的肖像》
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July 7, 06:31 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from the Hamilton P🍌alace Collection, former seat of the Duk🔯es of Hamilton and Brandon
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.
Edinburgh 1756 - 1823
Portrait of Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756–1799)
oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5 cm.; 30 x 25 in.
漢密爾頓宮珍藏（漢密爾頓及布蘭登公爵故居）
亨利・雷伯恩爵士
愛丁堡，1756 - 1823 年
《漢密爾頓公爵八世道格拉斯・漢密爾頓（1756–1799年）的肖像》
油彩畫布
76.2 x 63.5 公分；30 x 25 英寸
Probably removed from Hamilton Palace by the 8th Duke's mistress, Harriet Pye Esten (c. 1760–1865), and part of the settlement bequeathed to their natural daughter, Anne Douglas-Hamilton (c. 1796–1844), who married Henry Westenra, 3rd Ba𒁃ron Rossmore (1792–1860);
Returned to Hamilton Palace by 1852, w🤡hen it is listed in an inventory hanging in the Old Dining Room, on the ground flꦺoor of the Palace, in the collection of William Douglas Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845–1895);
Offered for sale by the trustees of his estate ('The Property of the Trustees of His Grace the late D꧑uke of Hamilton'), London, Christie's, 6 November 1919, lot 47, unsold;
Alfred Douglas Hamilton, 13t♕h Duke of Hamilton (1886–1940);
Thence by descent.
1876 Hamilton Palace Inventory, Hamilton Town House Library, Hamilton Ms., p. 246 (as 'Douglas 8th Duke of Hamilton [by] Sir H. Raeburn' – hanging in the Old Dining Room);
W. Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, London and New York 1901, p, 104;
E. Pinnington, Sir Henry Raeburn: The makers of British Art series, London and New York 1904, p. 233;
J. Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London 1911, p. 47;
T. Cox, Inventory and Valuation of Pictures, Decorative Objects, Furniture and Effects at Hamilton Palace, Holyrood and Dungavel made by Mr. Tom Cox, 1915, Hamilton Town House Library, Hamilton Ms., p. 65 (as 'Sir H. Raeburn Portrait of Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton, with powdered hair, in scarlet coat and white cravat, his arms folded' – stil𓃲l hanging in the Old Dining Room);
Arts Council, Raeburn, exh. cat., National Galleries of Sc🌺otland, Edinburgh 1956, pp. 19–20, cat. no. 13;
D. Mackie, Sir Henry Raeburn, Catalogue Raisonné, 6 vols, unpublished ms., vol. III, pp𒁃. 470–71, no. 360.
Edinburgh, Nati🌸onal Gallery of Scotland, Raeburn, Bi-Centenary Exhibition, 16 July – 16 September 19꧟56, no. 13.