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Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), John Tait and His Grandson, c 1793, with addition c 1800, British. Oil on canvas. 126 x 100 cm. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (http://www.nga.gov); Andrew W. Mellon Collection.

In what was probably meant as praise, but which has about it an aura of condescension, however faint, Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) has been called the "Scottish Lawrence" and the "Scottish Reynolds," after the English portrait painters, Sir Thomas and Sir Joshua, respectively. More than likely Sir Henry would have liked to be known simply as Sir Henry, Scotland's greatest painter during Edinburgh's greatest age.

He was born in Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, to Robert Raeburn, a wool boiler, and Ann Elder, and by age seven, the young Henry had been orphaned. His education was taken up by George Heriot's Hospital, a school for the orphaned children of Scottish tradesmen. When . . . [Full Text of this Article]