A photograph of Sir Henry Raeburn's famous oil painting of 1802 entitled 'The McNab', a full-size portrait of Francis Macnab, the twelfth and last Laird of Macnab, dressed in the uniform of Lieutenant Colonel of the Breadalbane Fencibles

Date:
22 Aug 1917
Reference:
BL23989
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photograph was commissioned by John Dewar and Sons Limited, master whisky distillers, in whose offices the painting was hung during the period of this photograph. Sir Henry Raeburn was a celebrated Scottish portrait painter, born in Edinburgh in 1756.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus

Artist: Raeburn, Henry