Sir Henry Raeburn is a Scottish portrait painter. In spite of his status, Raeburn’s career is surprisingly little documented. He was born in 1756, in Edinburgh, was orphaned, educated at Heriot’s Hospital in Edinburgh, and brought up under the general supervision of his elder brother William. In 1772, he was apprenticed to James Gilliland, an Edinburgh goldsmith; while he was still an apprentice he began to paint miniatures, first in watercolors, then in oils.
1784. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
c.1790. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
c.1790. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
1792. Oil on canvas. The Beit Collection, Russborough, Co. Wicklow, UK. Read Note.
c.1793. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Read Note.
c.1793. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
c.1793. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
About 1794-95. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
1796. Oil on canvas. National Trust for Scotland, Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, UK. Read Note.
c.1798. Oil on canvas. National Trust for Scotland, Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, UK. Read Note.
1800. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
c.1805. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
c.1806. Oil on canvas. The Earl of Rosebery, UK. Read Note.
c.1810. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
c.1811. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
1812. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Read Note.
Oil on canvas. The Louvre, Paris, France.
Oil on canvas. The Louvre, Paris, France.
Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
Oil on canvas. Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.