Miniatures, ancient and modern . > < \) < f « o. > o < < aso a. Si; ANDREW PLIMER loi is very good indeed, and is represented in theVictoria and Albert Museum, but it is signed his work Collins was cleverat arranging his models, and his drawing isgood and powerful. Sir Henry Raeburn, (1756-1823), beganhis art career as a goldsmith in Edinburgh, butsoon worked at miniature work instead. Hewas entirely self-taught. Eventually Raeburntook to portraiture in oils, in which mediumhe made a great success, and his work isgrowing in estimation every day. Raeburnsmini
Miniatures, ancient and modern . > < \) < f « o. > o < < aso a. Si; ANDREW PLIMER loi is very good indeed, and is represented in theVictoria and Albert Museum, but it is signed his work Collins was cleverat arranging his models, and his drawing isgood and powerful. Sir Henry Raeburn, (1756-1823), beganhis art career as a goldsmith in Edinburgh, butsoon worked at miniature work instead. Hewas entirely self-taught. Eventually Raeburntook to portraiture in oils, in which mediumhe made a great success, and his work isgrowing in estimation every day. Raeburnsminiatures are rare, but they are most interest-ing as being the beginnings of his subsequentcareer as a portrait painter on a more im-portant scale. Little is known of James Scouler (1761-82),but what work of his can be found is verygood. He worked on a very small scale, andone of his miniatures is at the Victoria andAlbert Museum. Andrew Plimer (1764-1837) was a native ofBridgwater. He came to London with hiselder brother Nathaniel, and both of thempainte
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