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<p> 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). </p> | <p> 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). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_78739"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/raeburn,+sir+henry Sir Henry Raeburn from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78739"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/raeburn,+sir+henry Sir Henry Raeburn from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 15 October 2021
Sir Henry Raeburn [1]
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).
