Scottish Romantic Painter, 1756-1823
Scottish painter. He is perhaps the best known of all Scottish painters, with a critical reputation rivalling that of Allan Ramsay. He was almost exclusively a portrait painter, and his work did much to define Scottish society in a period of immense vigour and intellectual distinction. The demand for his work was sufficient to sustain a career wholly in Scotland, although he occasionally regretted his lack of first-hand knowledge of portrait painting in London. His working life, which was largely confined to Edinburgh
Related Paintings of RAEBURN, Sir Henry :. | Allen Brothers | Mrs.James Cruikshank | Portrait of Sir John Sinclair | Boy and Rabbit | Portrait of Miss Eleanor Urquhart. | Related Artists: bernt notke ca 1440-1509 William e.harris fl.1883-1891
Chester Harding painted Self Portrait in 1843