George Washington
Frame: 27 1/2 × 24 in. (69.9 × 61 cm)
William McGillivray [1796-1852], Aberdeen, Scotland [1]; by descent (?) to Richard McGillivray Dawkins [1871-1955], Oxford, United Kingdom [2]; (Sotheby’s Sale, London, November 30, 1955, no. 80) [3]. Purchased in England by Charles Childs of Childs Gallery, Boston, by February 1956 [4]; purchased by Oklahoma Art League, 1957; given to Oklahoma City Museum of Art, April 21, 2005.
[1] At times spelled MacGillivray; see correspondence from Charles Childs of Childs Gallery, Boston, February 8, 1956 and George, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection (2007), no. 80
[2] Various records state that William McGillivray was the uncle of Richard McGillivray Dawkins, however this does not seem to be correct; see correspondence from Charles Childs of Childs Gallery, Boston, February 8, 1956 and George, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection (2007), no. 80
[3] As “English School”; Sotheby’s, Catalogue (1955), no. 80 (which states that works from Dawkins’ collection were removed from Plas Dulas, Abergele, Wales and Exeter College, Oxford) and George, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection (2007), no. 80
[4] Correspondence from Charles Childs of Childs Gallery, Boston, February 8, 1956 and George, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection (2007), no. 80