Henry Raeburn : : Context, Reception and Reputation / / Viccy Coltman, Stephen Lloyd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Coltman, Viccy,; Lloyd, Stephen,
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, David,; Asleson, Robyn,; Bordes, Philippe,; Coltman, Viccy,; Craske, Matthew,; Evans, Godfrey,; Lloyd, Stephen,; Mearns, Jordan,; Meslay, Olivier,; Nenadic, Stana,; Smailes, Helen E.,; Symmons, Sarah,; Tromans, Nicholas,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 70 colour illustrations

The first illustrated scholarly work devoted to the reception and reputation of Edinburgh's premier Enlightenment portrait painter.Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) is especially well known in Scotland as the portrait painter of members of the Scottish Enlightenment. However, outside Scotland, the artist rarely makes more than a fleeting appearance in survey books about portraiture.Ten international scholars recover Raeburn from his artistic isolation by looking at his local and international reception and reputation, both in his lifetime and posthumously. It focuses as much on Edinburgh and Scotland as on metropolitan markets and cosmopolitan contexts. Previously unpublished archival material is brought to light for the first time, especially from the Innes of Stow papers and the archives of the dukes of Hamilton.Key Features 11 chapters each looking at different aspects of Raeburn's professional careerInternational scholars contributing to Raeburn studies for the first timeInterdisciplinary perspectives setting a new agenda for Raeburn studiesTraditional art analysis integrated with cultural, social, political and economic historyIncludes much unpublished archival material

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction. 'Indiscriminate praise is little better than censure': Critical Contexts for Understanding Raeburn's Portraiture -- PART I CONTEXT -- 2 'I cannot coin money for them': Raeburn in the Nexus of Patronage, the Art Market and Global Trade -- 3 Scotland's Canova and the Immortal Raeburn -- 4 Raeburn's John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun: The 'Knotty' Business of Portrait Painting in London and Edinburgh in the 1810s -- 5 In the Shadow of Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon: The 10th Duke of Hamilton and Raeburn -- 6 Raeburn and the Print Culture of Edinburgh, c. 1790-1830: Constructing Enlightened and National Identities -- PART II RECEPTION -- 7 A Portrait of the Artist in London: The Critical Reception of Raeburn's Royal Academy Exhibits, 1792-1823 -- 8 The Critique of the Modern French School of Painting from Reynolds to Constable -- 9 Raeburn in America: Scottish-American Art Networks, 1791-1845 -- 10 Raeburn and Goya: The Redefi nition of Artistic Personality -- PART III REPUTATION -- 11 Raeburn's First Biography: Allan Cunningham's Presentation of the Artist as a Model Scottish Gentleman -- 12 'Synonymous with manly portraits': Re-evaluating Raeburn's Women -- 13 Raeburn and France -- 14 Raeburn and the Revival of Mezzotint Portraiture, 1890-1930 -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index