Sir Henry Raeburn

Limited Edition. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with 61 full-page photogravure plates and eight smaller photogravure plates, all tissue-protected. Introduction by R.A.M. Stevenson. Biographical and Descriptive Catalogue by J. L. Caw (Curator of the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland). Printed at the Ballantyne Press, London. The copper plates, in and out of the text, were made by Messrs, T. and R. Annan and Sons from photographs specially taken for this volume. The photogravures were printed by Messrs. Annan, Charles Preston, and Messrs. T. Booker and Co. Sir Walter Armstrong (1850-1918) was a British art historian and author, and Director of the National Gallery, Ireland. Robert Alan Mombray Stevenson was a well-know and popular artist and a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to His Majesty in Scotland. . Minor shelf-wear only, unmarked, tight, square and clean. This is a quite large and heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. Photogravure Plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 121, (69-Plates) pp.…