28th Aug, 2019 14:00
The British & International Pictures Auction
PORTRAIT OF HENRY LUMSDEN OF AUCHENDOIR, AN OIL BY JOHN WATSON GORDON
JOHN WATSON GORDON (SCOTTISH 1788 - 1864),
HENRY LUMSDEN OF AUCHENDOIR (1784 - 1856)
oil on canvas, signed "John Watson, Edinburgh"; titled on labels verso and on frame
74.5cm x 62cm
Note: John Watson (Gordon) was encouraged to take up portrait painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, a family friend of the Watsons. Raeburn painted the famous portrait of the present sitter’s mother “Mrs. Lumsden”, now in the Hunterian, Glasgow. Watson Gordon himself went on to be knighted for services to art, and was President of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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