Henry Raeburn : Context, Reception and Reputation

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...
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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 Ausführliche Beschreibung