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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Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell