Artists: Sir Henry Raeburn--Henry Raeburn Inglis (Scotland, 1816)


Figure 1.--Henry here wears an open, ruffeled blouse and long trousers. The comfortable open blouse is remarkable for the low cut. The ruffles are common for early 19th century outfits. Note the boy's short cut hair, but expansive hair. One art expert suggests he wears a floppy beret-like head gear. We don't see a beret. In fact we are not sure just what kind of headwear he is wearing here. The outfit looks like a skeleton suit outfit, but looks like he may be wearing a blouse without a jackets. Most portraits at the time show the boys with jacket tops. It could b he just wears a bliuse because this is an informal family imag, not a more formal commissioned portrait. I'm not sure what the material was. The portrait has been described as a 'virtuoso handling of paint', especially the treatment of the blouse with dazzling light and shadow. The outfit includes white socks and low-cut black shoes characteistic of the period.

Raeburn initially submitted a self-portrait as his diploma work for the Royal Accademy but the Council as a standing polict did not allow self-portraits for Diploma Works and refused the sunmission. We are unsure why all this occurred so late in Raeburn's career. Perhaps because his career was so stringly done in Scotland. After the refusal, he chose 'Boy with rabbit' as a replacement submission (1816). The boy is Henry Raeburn Inglis who was the son of Raeburn's stepdaughter, Ann Leslie (figure 1). The boy is kneeling as he ptotectively cradeling his pet which is munching on dandelion leaves. The setting is informal and relaxed which we have noted in other Raeburn portraits of children. One art expert suggests that the background would have been more 'restrained' had it been a commisioned rther than a family portrait. Henry wears an open, ruffeled blouse and long trousers. The comfortable open blouse is remarkable for the low cut. The ruffles are common for early 19th century outfits. Note the boy's short cut hair, but expansive hair. One art expert suggests he wears a floppy beret-like head gear. We don't see a beret. In fact we are not sure just what kind of headwear he is wearing here. The outfit looks like a skeleton suit outfit, but looks like he may be wearing a blouse without a jackets. Most portraits at the time show the boys with jacket tops. It could b he just wears a bliuse because this is an informal family imag, not a more formal commissioned portrait. I'm not sure what the material was. The portrait has been described as a 'virtuoso handling of paint', especially the treatment of the blouse with dazzling light and shadow. The outfit includes white socks and low-cut black shoes characteistic of the period.






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