Lot 53
SIR HENRY RAEBURN R.A. (SCOTTISH 1756-1823)
PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN BELSCHES WISHART, LATER STUART, 3RD BARONET (1752–1821)
Auction: 01 October 2025 From 10:00 BST
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 63.5cm (30in x 25in)
Provenance
Commissioned directly from the artist by the sitter's son-in-law Sir William Forbes, 7th Bt. (1773–1828), the account for which was settled 4 February 1819;
Sotheby's, London, Two Great Scottish Collections: Property From The Forbes Of Pitsligo And The Marquesses Of Lothian, 28 March 2017;
Footnote
Exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn, 1876, no. 267.7
Literature: List of Portraits at Fettercairn House, 1924, p. 13 (Hall, over Dining Room door).
The original receipt for this work, reproduced here, is held with the Fettercairn Papers at the National Library of Scotland: 'Edinburgh, 4 February 1819, Received from Sir Willm Forbes Bart, 30 Gns for the Portrait of Sir John Stuart Bart - - Henry Raeburn' NLS (Acc.4796/192).
Sir John Belsches Wishart was MP for Kincardineshire from 1797 until 1806. In 1797 he changed his name by Royal Licence to Sir John Stuart of Fettercairn.