Sir Henry Raeburn

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Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 – 1823),

• Was a British portrait painter.
• Raeburn was Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland.
• He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.
• He was unusual amongst many of his contemporaries, such as Reynolds, in the extent of his philosophy of painting directly from life; he made no preliminary sketches.
• This attitude partly explains the often coarse modelling and clashing colour combinations he employed.
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Sir Henry Raeburn, John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, c. 1790- 95

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-22.

Sir Henry Raeburn, John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, c. 1790- 95

Sir Henry Raeburn, John Tait and His Grandson, c. 1793, with additions c. 1800

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-22.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Captain Patrick Miller, 1788-1789

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Captain Patrick Miller, 1788-1789

Sir Henry Raeburn, Lieutenant-Colonel Hay MacDowell, ca. 1795

Original, MAG, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester. Visited in 2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Hugh Hope, about 1810

Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Hugh Hope, about 1810

Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir James Montgomery, Second Baronet of Stanhope, 1804

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir James Montgomery, Second Baronet of Stanhope, 1804

Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir James Montgomery, Second Baronet of Stanhope, 1804

Sir Henry Raeburn, Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil, between 1756 and 1823

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil, between 1756 and 1823

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Master Thomas Bissland, c. 1809

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Master Thomas Bissland, c. 1809

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Master Thomas Bissland, c. 1809

Sir Henry Raeburn, Robert Colt of Auldhame, M.P., and his wife Grizel, c. 1785-1795

Original, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Visited in 2020.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Robert Colt of Auldhame, M.P., and his wife Grizel, c. 1785-1795

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Major James Lee Harvey in Gordon Highlander's uniform (circa 1780-1849), about 1820

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Major James Lee Harvey in Gordon Highlander's uniform (circa 1780-1849), about 1820

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Mrs George Joseph Bell, née Barbara Shaw (1790-1883), about 1806

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Sir Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Mrs George Joseph Bell, née Barbara Shaw (1790-1883), about 1806