The Paterson Children (after Sir Henry Raeburn)
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
2 Jun 1913
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
700 x 600 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22882
Summary
Print, engraving, The Paterson Children (after Sir Henry Raeburn) by Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - after 1920). Colonel George Paterson (1778-1846), Captain John Paterson RN (1778-1858), and Margaret Paterson (d.1845). Children mounted on cream card then framed by gold mount enclosed in a gilt and black frame. Back of frame in centre handwritten MPO3. Four labels on back. Label 1 THOS. AGNEW and SONS. / FINE ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY / No 6106 / MANCHESTER 14 EXCHANGE STREET / PARIS 22 PLACE VENDOME / LONDON 43 OLD BOND STREET, PICCADILLY, W / BERLIN 31 UNTER DEN LINDEN. Label 2 (in pencil) After / SIR H RAEBURN, R.A. / THE PATERSON CHILDREN, George, John / and Margaret, children of George / Paterson, Esq., of Castle Huntly. / George, the eldest son, was born in / 1778, entered the army, and died 1846. / John, born in 1778, became the Com / mander of an East Indiaman. Margaret / died unmarried in 1845. / painted about 1790. Size, 50 x 40. Label 3 (enclosed in black lined square) THE PATERSON CHILDREN / GEORGE, JOHN AND MARGARET, / Children of Mr. and The Hon Mrs. Paterson, / of Castle Huntley ( diff. spelling). / Engraved by / NORMAN HIRST, / from the Original Picture, Painted by / SIR H. RAEBURN, R.A. / Published by THOS AGNEW and SONS. / LONDON, MANCHESTER, PARIS AND BERLIN. Label 4 SIR H. RAEBURN, R.A. / GEORGE PATERSON, ESQ, OF CASTLE HUNTLY, Co. PERTH; married, in 1776, / the Hon. Anne Gray, youngest daughter / of the 12th Lord Gray, / size 50 x 40. At front of picture at bottom left an embossed mark of authenticity LJ. Written below the print the following, Published June 2nd 1913 by THOS AGNEW AND SONS, 43 Old Bond Street, LONDON, W. Copyright. Signed by hand Norman Hirst in bottom right. Inscription on gold mount THE PATERSON CHILDREN. / after SIR H. RAEBURN, R.A..
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Makers and roles
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Henry Raeburn, RA (Stockbridge 1756 – Edinburgh 1823), artist