Sir Henry Raeburn was the leading Scottish portraitist of his time, with a dazzling aptitude for capturing the character of his sitters. Eager bidders blew past high estimates for many of the lots in ...

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Henry Raeburn, perhaps Scotland’s greatest portrait painter, was born this day in 1756. Although Naysmith, Reid, Skirving and other accomplished artists depicted Robert Burns, there is no ...