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    Henry Raeburn

    Scottish portrait painter (1756–1823)

    Henry Raeburn

    Raeburn in a self-portrait, c. 1820

    Born

    Henry


    (1756-03-04)4 March 1756

    Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Died8 July 1823(1823-07-08) (aged 67)

    Edinburgh, Scotland

    NationalityScottish
    Known forPortrait painting
    SpouseAnn Edgar Leslie
    ElectedFRSE, RSA, RA
    Patron(s)King George IV

    Sir Henry RaeburnRA RSA FRSE (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter.

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    • He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.[1]

    Biography

    Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a former village now within the city of Edinburgh.

    He had an older brother, born in 1744, called William Raeburn. His ancestors were believed to have been soldiers, and may have taken the name "Raeburn" from a hill farm in Annandale, held by Sir Walter Scott's family. Orphaned, he was supported by Wil