Sir Henry Raeburn, 1756 - 1823. Portrait painter
About this artwork
By 1822 Raeburn was nearing the end of a hugely succesful career which established him as one of the greatest of all Scottish portrait painters. In celebration of this, Campbell produced this bust in the classical style. Campbell, from Edinburgh, was working in Rome at the time but he would have been familiar with Raeburn's appearance. The bust must have reached Edinburgh before Raeburn's death in July 1823, as it is recorded that he was "much pleased with it'".
Updated before 2020
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artist:Thomas Campbell (1791 - 1858) Scottish
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title:Sir Henry Raeburn, 1756 - 1823. Portrait painter
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date created:1822
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materials:Marble
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measurements:64.40 cm (height)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1926
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accession number:PG 1037
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depicted:
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell had little education and was apprenticed to a marble-cutter on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. In 1815 he was sent to the Royal Academy Schools in London by Gilbert Innes, in whose house Campbell had been putting up a chimneypiece. In 1818 he travelled to Rome, again assisted by Innes, and...