Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (Raeburn)

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Portrait of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Sir Walter Scott.jpg
Artist Henry Raeburn
Year1823
Type Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions76.2 cm× 63.5 cm(30.0 in× 25.0 in)
Location Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott is an 1823 portrait painting by the British artist Henry Raeburn. [1] It depicts the novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott, a leading figure of the Romantic era. Raeburn was the most prominent Scottish portraitists of the Regency Era.

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Produced when Scott was at the height of his fame, it was one of the last pictures Raeburn produced before his death. [2] Today the painting is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, having been purchased with the support of the Art Fund in 1935. [3]

Since 2021 the image has been used for the Scottish five pound banknote. [4]

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