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Sir Henry Raeburn: Portrait of Sarah Wordsworth (c. 1820)

Posted by At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet on October 16, 2023October 13, 2023

Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823), *Portrait of Sarah Wordsworth*, later Mrs. Robert Hartshorn Barber (1797 – 1873), c. 1820, Oil on canvas 30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm), Image Source: Philip Mould & Co

“Romanticism and realism collide in this exemplary work by Sir Henry Raeburn. Painted towards the end of his career this portrait perfectly speaks the words of Scottish writer John Brown, who famously said of Raeburn: ‘He paints the truth, and he paints it with love.’^[1]
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