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English: Sir Henry Raeburn R.A., P.R.S.A. (Edinburgh 1756 - 1823)

Portrait of Doctor Robert Cleghorn (1755-1821), Physician to the Glasgow Royal Asylum

oil on canvas

30 ¼ by 24 ⅞ in.; 76.8 by 63.2 cm.

This is a second autograph version of Sir Henry Raeburn's portrait of Dr. Robert Cleghorn, the prime version of which is today in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (on loan to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow). Archibald Smith of Jordanhill commissioned the original from Raeburn in 1819 and gifted it soon thereafter to the Royal Glasgow Asylum in honor of the sitter's service there from 1814-1819.
Date 19th century
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-paintings-part-ii-2/portrait-of-doctor-robert-cleghorn-1755-1821-2
Author
Henry Raeburn  (1756–1823)  wikidata:Q561916
 
Henry Raeburn
Description Scottish-British painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death 4 March 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 8 July 1823 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stockbridge Edinburgh
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creator QS:P170,Q561916

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