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Lot Essay
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, was the son of the 4th Earl and 1st Marquis of Breadalbane, and a leading landowner in Scotland. He enjoyed an active career in politics, sitting in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1826 and again from 1830 to 1834, before his elevation to the House of Lords. His portrait is among the nearly 400 included in Sir George Hayter's remarkable large-scale Parliamentary group, The Reformed House of Commons, 1833 (London, National Portrait Gallery), which documents the first parliament to meet after the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832, following fifty years of agitation for parliamentary reform.
David Mackie, of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, has long known the La Salle painting, and has rejected the historic attribution to Sir Henry Raeburn (oral communication, 11 March 2018). Dr. Mackie believes the portrait was painted after Raeburn's death by an artist working in Edinburgh, but does not endorse any specific attribution.
David Mackie, of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, has long known the La Salle painting, and has rejected the historic attribution to Sir Henry Raeburn (oral communication, 11 March 2018). Dr. Mackie believes the portrait was painted after Raeburn's death by an artist working in Edinburgh, but does not endorse any specific attribution.