After Sir Henry Raeburn, RA, 
Scottish 1756-1823- 
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Mackenzie...

After Sir Henry Raeburn, RA, 
Scottish 1756-1823- 

Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Mackenzie Fraser of Inverallochy, MP (1758–1809), three-quarter-length, in uniform, his left hand resting on the hilt of a sword; 

oil on canvas, 124.5 x 98.7 cm. 

Literature: 
W.R. Andrew, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., London, 1894, p. 122. 
Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, p. 102. 
Pinnington, p. 230. 
J. Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn R.A., London, 1911, p. 46. 

Exhibited: 
Edinburgh, Royal Academy, Sir Henry Raeburn. R.A., 1876, no. 290. 
Possibly London, Grafton Gallery, Scottish Old Masters, 1895. 
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, ... on loan. 
London Grosvenor Gallery. 
Aberdeen, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Artist and Patron in the North East 1700-1860, 1975, no. 26. 

Provenance: 
Anon. sale, Christie's, Edinburgh, 26 October 2000, lot 23. 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
The sitter was the second surviving son of Colin Mackenzie of Kilcoy (1782-1845) and his wife Martha, daughter and co-heir of Charles Fraser of Castle Fraser and Inverallochy. He was educated privately and at the University of Aberdeen and joined the army in 1778 rising to the rank of Captain by 1781. However he was placed on half pay in 1783 and finally gave up his commission in 1784. In 1786 he married Helen, the sister of Francis Humberston Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, who appointed him Major in the 78th Highlanders. He was Member of Parliament for Cromartyshire (1802-6), when he was returned for Rosshire. In 1806 he commanded an ill-fated expedition to Alexandria, which hoped to secure British Supremacy in Egypt. At the time of his death he was described as one of the most popular, if not one of the most able generals in the British Army. 
Another version of the same portrait, also after Raeburn, is in the collection of the National Trust for Scotland at Castle Fraser, Inverurie [2009.239].