Sir Henry Raeburn R.A.

By descent from the sitter to his son;
Capt. David Kinloch, Gourdie House, Perthshire, Scotland, by descent to;
Col. David Kincloch, Perthshire, by descent to his son;
Charles G. Kinloch, Esq., Vernon, BC, Canada; 
Alfred W. Erickson, New York;
His sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries,15 November 1961, lot 23;
By descent in the family of the purchaser in that sale from whom acquired by the present owner.

Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Masterpieces of Painting, 5 February - 8 March 1942, no. 92.

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. English portraits are very often in less than good condition; fortunately, Raeburn's technique seems to be undamaged and is very effective in this painting. The only restoration is in the arm in the lower left, where a small group of retouches have been applied. The ruff, details in the face and clothing, are all beautifully preserved and show no restorations. The canvas has an old lining, but the work seems to be clean and should be hung in its current state.
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David Kinloch succeeded his father as 5th Laird of Gourdie in 1743.  Captain of Kinloch’s Light Dragoons, he served the Bristish Legion in the East Indies, his last charge being the HMS Swan.

We are grateful to both David Mackie and Duncan Thomson for independently endorsing an attribution of this lot to Sir Henry Raeburn on the basis of photographs.  The Portrait of Captain David Kinloch will be included in Mackie's upcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist under Mackie no. 452.