Painting by Thomas Gainsborough 1784.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gainsborough-the-baillie-family-n00789/text-catalogue-entry [accessed 17/05/2015].
Left by Alexander Baillie to the nation in 1855 subject to the life interest of his brother Evan Hamilton Baillie (d. 1857) but retained by his nephew Matthew James Higgins until the latter's death in 1868. Accessioned by the National Gallery 1868. Transferred to Tate 1951.
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Current Location
Tate Britain
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Current Owner
Tate Britain
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
