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A Lady in a Lace Cap (possibly Ann Edgar, 1744–1833, Lady Raeburn)

Henry Raeburn (1756–1823)

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A Lady in a Lace Cap

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The artist was the second husband of the possible sitter. She was married first to James Leslie of Deanhough in 1768, by whom she had three children, and then to Raeburn in 1780. They had two sons; Peter in 1781, who drowned as a child, and Henry in 1783.

The donor who bequeathed this striking and enigmatic portrait to the National Galleries of Scotland was a direct descendant of Raeburn’s eldest step-daughter.

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Title

A Lady in a Lace Cap

Date

early 1780s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74 x W 62.2 cm

Accession number

NG 1816

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Miss Alice Leslie Inglis, 1934

Work type

Painting

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Artist or maker

Henry Raeburn

1756–1823

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