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Paintings in the Collection of Henry Clay Frick, 1915 [page 65]
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SIR HENRY RAEBURN (1756-1823) JAMES CRUIKSHANK Canvas, 40 inches by 50 inches
NEARLY full-length, seated on a chair, turned half way to the right, nearly full face, knees crossed, left arm resting on the back of the chair. Black coat and buff knee breeches, white stock, top boots. Greenish background. Companion picture to the portrait of Mrs. Cruikshank. Mentioned in Armstrong's "Raeburn," 1901, p. 99. " " James Greig's "Sir Henry Raeburn," 1911, p/ 42. Previously owned by M. Maurice Kann, Paris. Illustrated in Sedeleyer Catalogue of Old Masters, 1905, No. 88. James Cruikshank was the eldest son of Donald Cruikskank, of Gorton, and Catherine, daughter of John Grant, of Auchter-blair. He married, June, 1792, Margaret Helen, daughter of the Rev. Alex. Gerard, D.D, of Kings College, Aberdeen. Their son James was a distinguished officer and served in the Napoleonic wars with the 18th Hussars. He married Lady Anne Laetetia Carnehie, second daughter of the seventh Earl of Northesk. Burke's Landed Gentry. 65 GN