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Allan Ramsay, Portrait of Agatha Halyburton, Countess of Morton, 1748
Allan Ramsay, Portrait of Agatha Halyburton, Countess of Morton, 1748

Allan Ramsay 1713-1784

Portrait of Agatha Halyburton, Countess of Morton, 1748
signed 'A. Ramsay p.' and inscribed 'Agatha Hallyburton / Countess of Morton / Aetatis 38 / 1748'
oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches

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Provenance

By descent to the 18th Earl of Morton, 1928; J. Kent Richardson, Edinburgh; D. Croal Thomson; Knoedler, London, 1939; Danton Guerault, London; Gooden & Fox, bt. Veronica McEwan (d.1977) before 1951; gifted to Mr Ardwall, 1977, thence by descent

Literature

Apollo, vol. XXIX, 1939, pg. 44; A. Smart, Allan Ramsay: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings (New Haven and London, 1999) pp. 162 and 288, no. 381, ill. 275

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