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Description: | 93.5 x 81.0 CRE RAEBURN, Henry, Sir; (Scottish; 1758-1823) Professor Richardson, poet and essayist, graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1757. He became tutor to the son of Lord Cathcart and subsequently served Cathcart while he was ambassador at St Petersburg. He returned to Scotland in 1772 and from 1773 to 1814 was Professor of Humanity at Glasgow where his patron, Lord Cathcart, was Rector. Interested in Roman antiquities, he lived at Croy on the Antonine Wall.
The National Art-Collections Fund placed a fine portrait of Professor William Richardson, Professor of Humanity at Glasgow, with Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand, in the 1950s. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : FIGURE : MALE : : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : CAMPUS : PRINCIPAL LODGING : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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