Sir Henry Raeburn scot 1756-1823 Portrait of Archibald Skirving, Esquire Oil on canvas 30 x 25in 76.2 x 63.5cm Provenance Ex collection Raeburn family Ralph Cross Johnson Collection Gift to the National Gallery of Art (Presently National Museum of American Art in 1919 Literature Armstrong, Catalogue of Pictures by Sir Henry Raeburn 1901 p.5 Catalogue for the Opening of the National Gallery of Art ( presently National Museum of American Art 1910 p 22 J. Grieg, List of Pictures by Sir Henry Raeburn R.A., 1911, p 59 National Gallery of art (presently national museum of American Art Catalogue 1916 p.176; 1922 p. 57 1926 p. 68 United States National Museum Report 1919 p23- 24 147 Evening Post New York 1920 The American Magazine of Art August and December 1920 October 1928 p 541 George B. Rose the Ralph Cross johnson Collection in the National Gallery of Art Art and Archaeology September 1920 Christian Science Monitor Boston Ma October 26 1921 The Washington Star Washington Dc August 7, 1939 Exhibitions Royal Scottish Academy 1863 National Portrait Exhibition 1867 Portrait Exhibition Glasgow 1868 Raeburn Exhibition National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh 1876 The National Gallery of Art (presently National Museum of American Art opening 1910 See Illustration 10000 15000