About this artwork
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title:George Kinnear (1751 - 1823)
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accession number:NG 1222
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:About 1805
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measurements:87.60 x 68.00 cm (framed: 115.00 x 95.00 x 11.60 cm)
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credit line:Bequest of Miss Kinnear 1919
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Sir Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn
Originally apprenticed to a goldsmith, Henry Raeburn showed enormous artistic talent as a young man. In 1784 he moved to London where he met the important portrait painter Joshua Reynolds. He spent some time in Italy but returned to Edinburgh in 1787 where he began painting portraits of the rich,…
