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| Henry Raeburn Self-portrait ca. 1815 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) – Originally apprenticed to a goldsmith in Edinburgh, Henry Raeburn showed enormous artistic talent as a young man. In 1784 he moved to London where he met the important portrait painter Joshua Reynolds. He spent some time in Italy but returned to Edinburgh in 1787 where he began painting portraits of the rich, famous and important people of his day. He was in constant demand and received many honours: in 1822 he was knighted when the King visited Edinburgh. Sir Henry Raeburn died a year later.
– biographical note from the National Galleries of Scotland (where more than eighty paintings by Raeburn are now preserved)
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bart of Ulbster wearing military uniform of his own design ca. 1794-99 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Niel Gow, fiddler and composer 1787 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of General Robert Melville, soldier and antiquary ca. 1794-1800 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of George Lyon making a military drawing 1788 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Professor Andrew Dalzel, classical scholar ca. 1797-98 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of James Wauchope of Edmonstone ca. 1787-90 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of David Hunter of Blackness 1788 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of William Glendonwyn ca. 1795-1800 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Frances Harriet Wynne, Mrs Hamilton of Kames ca. 1811 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Justina Camilla Wynne, Mrs Alexander Finlay of Glencorse ca. 1810 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Margaritta Macdonald, Mrs Robert Scott-Moncrieff ca. 1814 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Margaret Scott of Logie, Mrs John Hope ca. 1806 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of Fearne Gardiner, Mrs George Kinnear ca. 1805 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Henry Raeburn Portrait of John Wilson, writer (nom de plume, Christopher North) ca. 1805-10 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |