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Painting
Lieutenant-Colonel Hay MacDowell
Sir Henry Raeburn, (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1756 – 1823, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Raeburn, Henry
Scotland
1756 - 1823
Male
93 x 58 in. (236.2 x 147.3 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1795
1790
1800
1800-1900, 19th century, George Eastman Collection, men, military, paintings, portraits, uniforms
Painting
Raeburn may have made this painting to commemorate General Hay MacDowell’s 1795 departure from the 57th Regiment of Foot, with which he had served for five years. He would go on to be named commander of the British forces in Madras, India.
The low perspective of the life-sized canvas elevates MacDowell to the status of a hero, while the vivid colors provide animation to an otherwise-static pose. The use of these simple devices to create a monumental effect helps to explain why Raeburn, who had no formal training as an artist, was the preeminent portraitist in Scotland in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
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