Portrait of Flora MacDonald (1722–1790)

Artist Joseph Highmore British, 1692–1780

Datecirca 1747–1750

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Frame: 36 7/8 x 31 15/16 x 2 in. (93.7 x 81.1 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineAcquired by subscription under the auspices of the North Carolina State Art Society

Object numberG.48.4.1

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ProvenanceCreated London, c. 1747-1750; probably in the collection of the sitter; by descent to her granddaughter Henrietta Lavinia MacDonald, Knowle Hall, Bridgewater [1]. John Bisset Vérel (1854-1927), Glasgow and Brooke House, Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk, England; [Sotheby's London, January 31, 1924, no. 119, as Joseph Highmore, Portrait of a Lady, said to be Flora Macdonald]; Powell [2]; [P. Day]; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1924] [3]; [Kraushaar Galleries, New York, bought July 1924]; sold to NCMA, 1948.

[1] Married to Benjamin Cuff Greenhill of Knowle Hall, 1829.
[2] Buyer identified in annotated version of Sotheby's catalogue, NCMA Library.
[3] Agnew & Sons label on central stretcher bar.

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