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Mrs. Johnston of Straiton
ca. 180035 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Sir Henry Raeburn
Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1756 – 1823, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
George Eastman Collection of the University of Rochester
Accession Number:
1978.6
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
George Eastman Collection
Henry Raeburn was almost exclusively a painter of portraits. The demand for his work was great enough to sustain a career in Scotland, and his commissions came primarily from the members of high society in and around the growing city of Edinburgh. Raeburn’s portraits are known for their naturalness and sensitivity to the sitter. They often take the form seen here, with a seated three-quarter length figure pictured in a landscape, painted as if seen from below.
This portrait is of a young noblewoman, Mary Johnston, the wife of James Johnston and the daughter of William Baillie, Lord Polkemmet, a Scottish judge whose portrait Raeburn had also painted.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
This portrait is of a young noblewoman, Mary Johnston, the wife of James Johnston and the daughter of William Baillie, Lord Polkemmet, a Scottish judge whose portrait Raeburn had also painted.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
Provenance
Sir William Baillie, Lord Polkemmet (1736-1814), Edinburgh; by descent to his family; sold by them through Knoedler and Co. (dealers) [jointly owned with Colnaghi], London, August 1911; purchased from Knoedler and Co. in New York by George Eastman, Rochester NY, May 1912; his bequest to the University of Rochester, 1932; transferred to the Gallery in 1978
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn, R. A. 10/1/1876 - 11/30/1876
- A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits from the Eastman Collection 12/18/1939 - 1/15/1940
- The George Eastman Collection of Paintings end date ca. December 1949
- The George Eastman Collection 12/1/1979 - 1/13/1980
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 5, Issue Number: 3. Issue Date: December 1939-January 1940. Page Number: 2-3
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Donald Rosenthal, ed. The George Eastman Collection. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1979.
- Article Author: Brayer, Betsy. Article Title: George Eastman Art Collector. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: Winter 1979-80. Page Number: 10-14
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Title: In the Sale Room. Article Scope: Mention. The Connoisseur. London, England: The Connoisseur Issue Date: August 1911. Page Number: 270
- Rochester History. Rochester, NY: Rochester Public Library
- Article Title: Plate and Pictures at Christie's. Article Scope: Mention. The Times [London]. London, England Issue Date: June 12, 1911. Page Number: 4
- John D. Morse. Old master paintings in North America: over 3000 masterpieces by 50 great artists . New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1979.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Katharine Baetjer. British Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.
- René Gimpel. Diary of an Art Dealer 1918-1939. New York, NY: Universe Books, 1987.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
- Article Scope: Exhibition Checklist. Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. in the Royal Academy, National Galleries Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland: R. & R. Clark, 1876.
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