-
Sir Henry Raeburn RA 1756-1823
Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Bell (1749-1806), c.1791oil on canvas30 x 25 inchesProvenance
Christie's, 30 May 1930, lot 106; to Frost and Reed; Ehrich Gallery sale, American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, New York, 2 April 1931, lot 71; where purchased by Mrs M.H. Hill, New York; by whom sold at Parke-Bernet, New York, 26 May 1943, lot 88; where purchased by Julius Weitzner; Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, 1944; T.G.Broullette, New York, October 1954; Ralph M. Rounds, Wichita, 1954; with Sir J.E. Johnston-Ferguson at an unknown date; Sotheby's New York, 20 July 1995, lot 19; Dickinson Roundell, New York, 2008; Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, 2008; private collection, France
Literature
Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn (London & New York 1901) pg. 96; James Greig, 'Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: his life and works, with a catalogue of his pictures', The Connoisseur (London 1911) pg. 38; David Mackie, Raeburn, Life and Art, PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh (1993) IV pp. 170-1
