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Portrait of Hugh Hope

Portrait of Hugh Hope

c. 1810
(Scottish, 1756–1823)
Scotland
oil on canvas
Framed: 94.5 x 82 x 8 cm (37 3/16 x 32 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 75 x 61 cm (29 1/2 x 24 in.)
Gift in honor of Jane Taft Ingalls on the occasion of the Museum's Seventy-fifth Anniversary 1991.133
Location: 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts

Did You Know?

Sir Henry Raeburn was the portrait painter for King George IV of Scotland.

Description

Henry Raeburn created this likeness of fellow Edinburgh native Hugh Hope before Hope departed for India, where he worked as a civil servant for the renowned East India Company (a British joint-stock company founded in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean). This painting hung in the drawing room of Hope’s estate, Pinkie House in Scotland, until 1928. Although greatly influenced by his English predecessor Joshua Reynolds, Raeburn worked in a looser style, more like the work of his younger contemporary Thomas Lawrence. This portrait is painted directly on the canvas without any preliminary drawing, giving it an informal, spontaneous air.
  • the sitter (1782-1822)
    by inheritance to Sir Alexander Hope, Pinkie House, Scotland (sale: Sotheby's, London, 16 May, 1928, Lot B)
    I. D. Levy (1930)
    (Knoedler)
    1945
    Jane Taft Ingalls [1874-1962], Cleveland, OH
    1945-1985
    David S. Ingalls, Sr. [1899-1985], Cleveland, OH
    Francis W. Ingalls
    1991-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Reproduced: p. 58; Mentioned: p. 66 www.jstor.org
  • British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
    English Decorative Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Hugh Hope|url=false|author=Henry Raeburn|year=c. 1810|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.133