Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Henry Raeburn NPG D39170

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by William Walker, after Sir Henry Raeburn

Born in Scotland, Henry Raeburn was first apprenticed to a goldsmith, but turned to painting miniatures, an art in which he was apparently self-taught. In around 1780 Raeburn married Ann Leslie, a wealthy widow, and was able to travel and study in Italy under the artist Pompeo Batoni. Upon his return to Edinburgh, Raeburn became a prolific and fashionable portrait artist. Raeburn also acted as trustee to the will of Alexander Edgar in which capacity he oversaw the selling of Edgar’s slaves in Jamaica.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.