Details
- Object type
painting
- Title
Ann Nesbit of Dean
- Artist/Maker
Robert Harvie artist
- Place Associated
Scotland, Glasgow (place associated)
- Date
1752
- Materials
oil on canvas
- Dimensions
overall: 910 mm x 790 mm (framed)
- Description
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The portrait was commissioned to celebrate and commemorate John Glassford's second marriage in 1752 to Ann Nesbit of Dean. The wedding took place in Glasgow. Anne Nesbit was Glassford's second wife. She was also painted into the Glassford family portrait (2887) but later painted over for Glassford's third wife, Lady Margaret Mackenzie.
See also A Marriage Bonded by Slavery
- Credit Line/Donor
Purchased with grant aid from the Friends of Glasgow Museums, 2016
- ID Number
PP.2016.38.2
- Location
In storage
- Related People
Christian Glassford daughter of sitter
Rebecca Glassford daughter of sitter
Unnamed enslaved boy enslaved by sitter
John Glassford husband
Henry Glassford son of sitter
John Junior Glassford son of sitter