Painting ID:: 31825
Mrs.James Cruikshank mk76
Painted between c.1805 and 1808
Oil on canvas
50 3/4x40in
RAEBURN, Sir Henry Scottish Romantic Painter, 1756-1823
Scottish painter. He is perhaps the best known of all Scottish painters, with a critical reputation rivalling that of Allan Ramsay. He was almost exclusively a portrait painter, and his work did much to define Scottish society in a period of immense vigour and intellectual distinction. The demand for his work was sufficient to sustain a career wholly in Scotland, although he occasionally regretted his lack of first-hand knowledge of portrait painting in London. His working life, which was largely confined to Edinburgh
Mrs.James Cruikshank mk76
Painted between c.1805 and 1808
Oil on canvas
50 3/4x40in
