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Raeburn, Sir Henry
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Portrait-painter, born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh; was educated at George Heriot's Hospital; apprenticed to a goldsmith in the city, and gave early promise of his abilities as an artist; went to Italy; was introduced to Reynolds by the way, and after two years' absence settled in Edinburgh, and became famous as one of the greatest painters of the day; the portraits he painted included likenesses of all the distinguished Scotsmen of the period, at the head of them Sir Walter Scott; was knighted by George IV. a short time before his death (1756-1823).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Raeburn, Sir Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/raeburn-sir-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Raeburn, Sir Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/raeburn-sir-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
