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Portraits, the Grand Match, and the Clubhouse Wall · Portraits of the Company
John Gray of Newholm
Sir Henry Raeburn, oil on canvas · oil on canvas
What it is
Sir Henry Raeburn’s portrait of John Gray of Newholm (1731–1811), of the Edinburgh golfing society.
Why it matters
Raeburn is the finest painter Scotland produced and the natural companion to David Allan’s Inglis on the same wall.
What to notice
Raeburn’s trademark: the light comes from behind the sitter’s shoulder and the face is modelled almost without drawing.
A portrait is a claim about what a man was for.
Provenance
- Maker
- Sir Henry Raeburn, oil on canvas
- Era
- The Feather Ball (1700–1848)
- Chapter
- The Golden Age
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1800
- Figure
- John Gray of Newholm
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access · 60.71.13) · 60.71.13
Publicity
Clear — a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
