Notes
This watercolor was painted by Elizabeth Henry Lyons (1855–1920), sister of Lucy Gray Henry Harrison (1857–1944) and a great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry, in 1905.
The main house is shown with additions built for John Henry (1796–1868), Patrick Henry's son, in 1832–1833, before Lucy Harrison's renovations, which started just after this work was painted.
The work appears in a photograph (2023.24.12) of the law office at Red Hill during Lyons' and Harrison's residency, prior to renovations being carried out on the building.
A handwritten framer's note with measurements for a past picture frame and matte includes the name of the client, Elvira "Ella" Henry Miller (1850–1955), a great-great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry. This helped confirm the provenance of this piece, which Elvira Miller once owned. The husband of the watercolor's last owner, Frederick Dabney Jr., is Elvira Miller's grandnephew.
The work was donated to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation in August 2018 by Carolyn Paulette. Paulette purchased the watercolor from Emily Harrison Dabney (1924–2018) in Richmond, who was related to the Henry family through marriage. Emily married Frederick Albert Dabney Jr. (1920–1992) in 1946; Frederick was a third great-grandson of Patrick Henry.