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Henry Raeburn
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Dr Viccy Coltman is a Senior Lecturer and Head of History of Art at the University of Edinburgh Stephen Lloyd is an independent art historian. He was Senior Curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1993-2009) and President of ICOM's International Committee for Museums and Collections of Fine Arts (2004-2010).

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'Overall, these essays offer thoughtful and often provocative assessments of Raeburn's art, the context of his times and his place in British cultural history. They attest to the current vitality of Raeburn studies-scholarship soon to be augmented by a modern, full-scale catalogue of Raeburn's paintings.'--William S. Rodner, Department of History, Old Dominion University "Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland"

Offers great insight into a remarkable artist who holds a unique position in the canon of Scotland's best loved painters.--Helen Dyson "Art Scottish Art News"

This fresh and engaging volume is certain to stir new interest in the works of Sir Henry Raeburn, the great portrait painter of the age of the Scottish Enlightenment. A key strength of the book is that it ranges across a number of disciplinary approaches and beyond the normal conventions of history of art into political, economic, cultural and social history, thus ensuring appeal to a wide readership as well as successfully setting Raeburn within a national and international context.Professor Tom Devine, Personal Senior Professor in History, University of EdinburghHenry Raeburn: context, reception and reputation' provides a stimulating set of perspectives on one of the most interesting artists of late Georgian Britain. The essays gathered here, written by a group of distinguished academics, curators and independent scholars, are consistently thought-provoking, original and revealing, and collectively constitute a very welcome reassessment of the artist's work and career. This skilfully edited book promises to transform the ways in which we think about Raeburn's paintings and about the worlds of portraiture in which he and his canvases played such a fascinating part.Professor Mark Hallett, Head of History of Art at York University--Professor Tom Devine "Personal Senior Professor in History, University of Edinburgh"

Viccy Coltman and Lloyd, together with their fellow contributors, are to be congratulated on this well-balanced assemblage of rewarding and stimulating texts, which enormously widen and enhance our understanding of Raeburn.--Richard Green "The Burlington Magazine"

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