Lot Essay
Another version of this portrait is in the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, inv. no. 1942.146.
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PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. (Stockbridge 1756-1823 Edinburgh)
Portrait of James Bruce of Bankton, Mid Calder (1753-1826), bust-length
Details
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. (Stockbridge 1756-1823 Edinburgh)
Portrait of James Bruce of Bankton, Mid Calder (1753-1826), bust-length
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of James Bruce of Bankton, Mid Calder (1753-1826), bust-length
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
James Bruce, Bankton Midcalder, and by descent; Sotheby's, London, 20 July 1983, lot 33 (£1,600).
Literature
J. Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and Works, With a Catalogue of His Pictures, London, 1911, p. 39.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to David Mackie, St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph, dating the work (Mackie no. 79) to circa 1813. It is included in his forthcoming publication Complete Catalogue of Raeburn. Dr. Mackie further suggests that this version is primary to the portrait in the Harvard Art Museums.