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Sir Henry Raeburn RA 1756-1823
Francis Jeffrey, later Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850), c. 1812oil on canvas35 1/2 x 27 3/4 in
90.2 x 70.5 cmProvenance
The Misses Raeburn by descent (not in studio sale); Earl of Rosebery; Rosebery Sale, Christie's, 5 May 1939; Barbizon House; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1980, lot 159Exhibitions
Royal Scottish Academy, Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn RA, Edinburgh, 1876; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition of Scottish National Portraits, Edinburgh, 1884Literature
James L. Caw, Scottish Portraits, with an Historical and Critical Introduction and Notes, (2 vols.) (Edinburgh, 1903) vol. 2, pp. 119-123; David Mackie, Raeburn Life and Art, PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh (1993)
