Mrs Robert Adam

Artist Sir Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1756 - 1823)

Date1780

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 125.5 cm, Width: 100 cm
Frame: Height: 147 cm, Width: 121 cm, Depth: 9 cm
Weight: 35 kg

AcquisitionPurchased in 1980 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the National Art Collections Fund (Ramsay-Dyce Bequest) and with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 18

Object numberABDAG000516

Keywords

About MeThis portrait has traditionally been ascribed as a pendant to Mr Robert Adam. On the basis of the sitters' chair and costumes it has been suggested that Mr Adam's portrait is fifteen years earlier. However, the pictures do make a convincing pair and they share a similar history of ownership. The compositions are alike and the figures are framed by the indeterminate crimson drapery that Raeburn so often used as a background.

Raeburn has expertly rendered the rich velvet, satin and organdie of Mrs Adam's costume and also her spirited but slightly quizzical expression.

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This portrait has traditionally been identified as the partner to another Raeburn, “Robert Adam”, that this Gallery also holds, but the identities of both subjects remain debatable.

Exhibitions

Gallery 18 - People & Portraits