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Title: Raeburn

Author: James L. Caw

Release Date: October 22, 2009 [EBook #30315]

Language: English

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MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY --
T. LEMAN HARE

RAEBURN

1756-1823

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PLATE I.--LORD NEWTON (Frontispiece).

(National Gallery of Scotland.)

This chef-d'oeuvre, which dates from about 1807, represents one of the
most celebrated characters who ever sat upon the bench of the Court of
Session. Famous in his day for "law, paunch, whist, claret, and
worth," the exploits of Charles Hay, "The Mighty," as he was called,
have become traditions of the Parliament House. (See p. 79.)

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RAEBURN

BY JAMES L. CAW

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT

REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

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LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK

NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

1909

CONTENTS

Introduction
Chapter I.
" II.
" III.
" IV.
" V.
" VI.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate

I. Lord Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
(National Gallery of Scotland)

II. Children of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Paterson of Castle Huntly
(In the possession of Chas. J. G. Paterson, Esq.)

III. Mrs Lauzun
(National Gallery, London)

IV. Mrs Campbell of Balliemore
(National Gallery of Scotland)

V. Professor Robison
(University of Edinburgh)

VI. John Tait of Harvieston and his Grandson
(In the possession of Mrs Pitman)

VII. Miss de Vismes
(In the possession of the Earl of Mansfield)

VIII. Mrs Scott Moncrieff
(National Gallery of Scotland)

[Illustration: Raeburn]

When in 1810, Henry Raeburn, then at the height of his powers, proposed
to settle in London, Lawrence dissuad