This week, Jackie is on the case of a famous painting that disappeared for centuries. The portrait in question was commissioned in 1803 and produced by prominent artist Henry Raeburn. For more than 200 years, however, it was missing and assumed to be lost to time.

Then, in 2025, everything changed. Joining Jackie to tell all is the man who investigated the portrait’s disappearance: William Zachs, a Burns scholar and the director of Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh. What follows is a tale of internal art history centuries in the making.

The Portrait of a Poet exhibition runs at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum until 1 November. Find out more here, and plan your visit here.

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