Wednesday Lecture Series – Raeburn’s Edinburgh
Join us at The Georgian House for our Wednesday Lecture Series on Raeburn’s Edinburgh!
About Wednesday Lecture Series – Raeburn’s Edinburgh
Wednesday Lecture Series – Raeburn’s Edinburgh A portrait of Edinburgh and a story of Henry Raeburn’s portraits.
Raeburn’s Edinburgh marks the 200th anniversary of Henry Raeburn’s death by mapping his life and times in Edinburgh through the people he painted. Set within the elegant rooms of the Georgian House, this exhibition will feature paintings and engravings brought together from a range of National Trust of Scotland properties.
Wednesday 21st June - How to Research your Scottish Family History.
Wednesday 5th July - Stop! for thy tread is on an empire’s dust!
- the global connections of the National Trust for Scotland’s Raeburn Paintings
Wednesday 19th July - Mapping out Raeburn’s Edinburgh
Wednesday 2nd August - 'A Portrait of the Artist': Raeburn and Scott
Wednesday 6th September - 'When new cures were old: bio colonialism, Scotland and the Caribbean'
Wednesday 20th September - Raeburn and Print Culture in Edinburgh c.1790-1830
Wednesday 4th October - LGBTQ histories connected to Raeburn’s Edinburgh
Wednesday 18th October - The Professor, The Nabob’s Daughter and 81 Princes Street
Wednesday 1st November - Walking in Raeburn’s Shadow - the history and practice of silhouettes
Wednesday 15th November - Wartime Faces: Henry Raeburn’s martial portraits
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