SIR HENRY RAEBURN R.A. (SCOTTISH 1756-1823)
THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF ROBERT CATHCART OF DRUM
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£21,250
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127cm x 100cm (50in x 39.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Miss Cathcart (daughter of the sitter), 1876.
W. Lockett Agnew, 1900.
Henry Hirsch, London, 1931.
Morris Kaplan, Chicago, 1970.
Anon. Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 17, 1970, Lot 77.
Exhibited:
Raeburn, National Gallery, Edinburgh, 1876, no.48.
Paris Exhibition, British Pavillion, 1900.
Literature:
W. Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, 1901, p.98.
W. Raeburn Andrew, Life of Sir Henry Raeburn, 1886, p.108.
E. Pinnington, Sir Henry Raeburn, 1904, p.223, no.115.
J. Grieg, Sir Henry Raeburn, 1911, p.41.