Portrait of Sir George Abercromby
Framed: 38 1/2 × 34 × 3 inches (97.79 × 86.36 × 7.62 cm)
Private Collection, Kansas City, MO [1];
With Yunt Art Galleries, Kansas City, MO, by April 17, 1930;
Purchased from Yunt Art Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1930.
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Ethlyne Jackson, NAMA, to William J. Abercrombie, November 25, 1938, NAMA curatorial files.
Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn (London: William Heinemann, 1901), as Sir George, Bart. (1750-1831), 4th baronet of Birkenbog.
Edward Pinnington, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A (London: The Walter Scott Publishing Company, 1904), 217, as Abercromby, Sir George, Bart., 4th Baronet, of Birkenbog (1750-1831).
James Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and Works with a Catalogue of His Pictures (London: The Connoisseur, 1911), 37, as Abercromby, Sir George, fourth Baronet of Birkenbog (1750-1831).
“Rotogravure Section,” Kansas City Star (April 20, 1930), (repro).
“The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City Special Number,” The Art News 32, no. 10 (December 9, 1933): 28, as Portrait of Sir George Abercromby.
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 2nd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1941), 67, as Lord Abercromby.
Possibly Raeburn: Bi-Centenary Exhibition, exh. cat. (Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 1956).
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), 220, as Portrait of Sir George Abercromby.
