Sir Henry Raeburn
Robert Hodshon Cay

CultureScottish
Titles
  • Robert Hodshon Cay
Datec. 1800
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 49 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (125.7 × 100.3 cm)
Frame: 58 1/2 × 48 1/4 in. (148.6 × 122.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.884
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceJudge Admiral Robert Hodshon Cay (1758-1810); to his son Sherriff John Cay, FRSE (1790-1865); likely to his son John Cay W.S. (1820-1892) who died without issue; [...]; [Hirschl & Adler, New York]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, March 21, 1955; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Raeburn Exhibition", exhibited as "Cay, Sir Robert Hodshon, of North Charlton, Judge of Admiralty Court. In dark dress, scarlet gown, bands and wig, and holding papers in his right hand", Colnaghi & Co., 1876.

"Eighteenth-Century English Painting", no. 66, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, USA , 1930.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower left "Robert Hodshon Cay B.1758 D.1810/Raeburn Pinxt"

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