About this artwork
The fourth son of Sir John Inglis of Cramond, a patron of Allan Ramsay, Inglis was a successful and cultured Edinburgh merchant. In the 1780s Robert Adam designed his mansion south of Edinburgh. About this time Patrick’s brother Admiral Charles sat to Raeburn for a portrait now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Patrick’s own portrait, with its strikingly fluid handling, is the earlier of his two Raeburn commissions. The second, in Minneapolis, dates from around 1799 when Inglis inherited the baronetcy.
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artist:Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823) Scottish
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title:Sir Patrick Inglis, 5th Bart of Cramond (died 1817)
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date created:Probably about 1790 - 1793
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:125.70 x 100.30 cm; Framed: 149.00 x 123.00 x 10.00 cm
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credit line:Bequest of Sir John Douglas Don-Wauchope 1951
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accession number:NG 2147
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artwork photographed by: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,...
