A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, ...

A hitherto lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn has resurfaced at Wimbledon Auctions on March 31. Estimated at just £300-500, it hammered for £68,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium).

A PORTRAIT of Robert Burns described as “very rare” has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 ...

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 ...

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 ...