Lot 214
  • 214

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

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Henry Raeburn R.A.
  • Portrait of James Paterson; Portrait of Mrs James Paterson
  • pastel on vellum, oval
  • each 26.5 by 21 cm., 10 1/2 by 8 1/4 in.
a pair, both half-length, he wearing a brown coat, she wearing a grey dress with a blue ribbon in her hair

Provenance

A.M. Glen, 1911

Exhibited

Paris, Galeries Brunner, Exposition des Pastellistes Anglais du XVIIIe Siècle, 8th April-15 June 1911, nos. 93 and 94

Literature

R.R.M. Sée, English Pastels 1750-1830, 1911, ill. p.275 (Mr Paterson only);

Les Arts, September 1911, ill. p.31

Catalogue Note

Raeburn also painted an oil of Mrs James Paterson which was sold at Sotheby's, New York, on 28th May 1999, lot 112