Sir Henry Raeburn (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823)

Portrait of James and John Lee Allen, early 1790s,

National Gallery

The revival of archery as a fashionable sport appears to have served as inspiration for Raeburn's complex and unusual composition in this work, with one brother lit from the left and one shown in shadow:http://bit.ly/1IXuz10

Sir Henry Raeburn (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter andScotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.^[1]

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• 1 Biography
• 2 Subjects
• 3 Notes
• 4 Bibliography
• 5 External links