SIR HENRY RAEBURN, RA, RSA (1756-1823). His circle. PORTRAIT...

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SIR HENRY RAEBURN, RA, RSA (1756-1823). His circle. PORTRAIT OF GEORGE DE HOCHEPIED, 6th BARON DE HOCHEPIED (1760-1828). Half length, wearing uniform and holding a dress sword, oil on canvas
90.5 x 70cm.

* The sitter was the only surviving son of Sir James Porter, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; and of Clarissa Catherine (nee de Hochepied). He had a military career, rising to Colonel of the 103rd Foot (1814-1817).

In February 1802 he married Henrietta Grosvenor, widow of Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor. He died in Sussex without issue and was succeeded in the barony by his nephew.

An attribution to Raeburn's pupil John Syme RSA (1795-1861) is possible.

Provenance: By direct descent in the sitter's family. *CR Lined; retouching scattered throughout subject; some craquelure; retouched damages at image edges.