SIR HENRY RAEBURN R.A. (SCOTTISH 1756-1823)
PORTRAIT OF MISS MAITLAND IN WHITE DRESS WITH BLUE SASH
£10,000
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: 04 December 2020 at 18:00 GMT
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 63.5cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Provenance: James Henry Todd, Bury, Sussex;
Sold Sotheby's 3 July 1918, lot 58 for £58 to Taylor;
Sotheby's 10 November 1993, Lot 74.
Note: The sitter was possibly related to Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland 1777-1839, to whom, as Commander of HMS Bellerophen Napoleon surrendered on 15 July 1815 before being taken to St.Helena. Raeburn painted portraits of both the Admiral and his wife Catherine Connor.