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Lot 369
  • 369

* Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., P.R.S.A. Edinburgh 1756-1823

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Description

  • Sir Henry Raeburn R.A.
  • Portrait of Mrs. Johnstone
  • three quarter length, seated in a white dress with a black scarf over her head, looking at a miniature portrait with a landscape beyond
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Mrs. Edward Ferguson, London;
With Wallis & Sons.

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Royal Academy, Raeburn Exhibition, 1876, no. 176 (lent by Mrs. Ferguson);
Scottish National Portrait Exhibition, 1884.

Literature

W. Raeburn Andrew, Life of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London 1894, no. 176;
J. Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London 1911, p. 50.

Catalogue Note

Mrs. Johnstone was the wife of Commodore George Johnstone who was the third son of Sir James Johnstone, third Baronet, of Westerhall.