Lot 117

SIR HENRY RAEBURN R.A. (SCOTTISH 1756-1823)
HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MISS MAITLAND IN WHITE DRESS WITH BLUE SASH





Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale | Lots 109 to 207 | Thursday 04 December 2025 from 6pm
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 63.5cm (30in x 25in)
Provenance
Provenance:
James Henry Todd, Bury, Sussex
Sotheby's, 3 July 1918, lot 58
Sotheby's, London, British Paintings 1500-1850, 10 November 1993, lot 74
Footnote
The sitter was possibly related to Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland (1777-1839), to whom, as Commander of HMS Bellerophon, Napoleon surrendered on 15 July 1815 before being taken to St. Helena. Raeburn painted portraits of both the Admiral and his wife Catherine Connor.





