Henry Raeburn, William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835)

Henry Raeburn

British · 1756–1823 · Painter

Sir Henry Raeburn was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. (Wikipedia)

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31lots offered2014–2026years recorded90%sold (27)$10.2kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Henry Raeburn, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF LADY CARNEGIE, Oil on canvasTHREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF LADY CARNEGIELyon & Turnbull · £100,000≈ $141,080≈ €115,886Sign up to see
  2. Henry Raeburn, Three-quarter length portrait of Louis Cauvin in brown coat, oil on canvasThree-quarter length portrait of Louis Cauvin in brown coatBonhams · £35,000≈ $44,905≈ €41,224Sign up to see
  3. Henry Raeburn, HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MRS WILLIAM MACKENZIE, Oil on canvasHALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MRS WILLIAM MACKENZIELyon & Turnbull · £27,700≈ $34,794≈ €32,303Sign up to see

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Average price
median $10.2kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
27
of 30 offered · 2014–2026
Sell-through
90%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k201820202022202420262016-05-15 · $4,0002017-04-26 · $44,9052017-04-26 · $20,8492017-04-26 · $11,2262019-05-29 · $23,7072019-09-25 · $3952020-12-04 · $13,4682021-06-10 · $141,0802021-10-06 · $16,9802021-11-07 · $5002021-11-07 · $4502022-02-05 · $10,0002023-12-07 · $11,0792023-12-07 · $34,7942023-12-07 · $11,8702024-06-06 · $17,6982024-06-06 · $4,8272024-12-05 · $9,6232025-10-01 · $7,8072025-10-01 · $10,1832025-10-01 · $13,5782025-10-01 · $9,3352025-10-01 · $7,4682025-10-01 · $7,4682025-10-12 · $2,2002025-12-04 · $11,0122026-04-29 · $2,000
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

15 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings282693%$17.2kSign up$10.6kSign up$141kSign up
Oil282693%$17.2kSign up$10.6kSign up$141kSign up
Prints & multiples2150%$395Sign up$395Sign up$395Sign up
Engraving2150%$395Sign up$395Sign up$395Sign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202621$2kSign up
202588$8.6kSign up
202433$9.6kSign up
202333$11.9kSign up
202211$10kSign up
202144$8.7kSign up
202011$13.5kSign up
201932$12.1kSign up
201733$20.8kSign up
201611$4kSign up
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