Sir Henry Raeburn Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"The Young McGregor"
Title: The Young McGregor
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 20 x 28 in | Image Size: 16 x 24 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823)
Henry Raeburn was one of the foremost portrait painters of his generation. Along with Romney, Reynolds and Gainsborough, he defined British portraitures of genre to be admired and enjoyed. He assumed the softer "French" style of Allan Ramsay, his fellow Scot, in favour of a more dramatic and realistic rendering of the subject.
Born in Edinburgh, Raeburn was mostly self taught and began his artistic life as a miniaturist but his precocious talent and eager desire to paint caused him to start painting on a larger scale very early on in his career.
Raeburn visited London on his way to Rome in 1784, where he met and was encouraged by Reynolds. On his return in 1786, he was acknowledged as a force to be reckoned with amongst his contemporary painters and his move back to Edinburgh a year later catapulted him to the top of the artistic establishment. When David Martin died in 1797, Raeburn had already surpassed and eclipsed him as Scotland's leading portraitist. He painted many of the great and good of the Scottish Capital and was a highly important figure in the educated society of the City.
