The Drummond Children
Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756–1923)
Original Dimensions: 94 1/4" x 60 1/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1808–9) "Six-year-old George Drummond is shown on his pony, the object of admiring gazes from his foster brother and sister. George became a member of the family bank, married, had four children, and died at age 49. By contrast, by 1821, his father had taken up a life of gambling and dissipation, abandoned his wife and children, and was living with the wife of a naval officer.
The preeminent painter of the Scottish Enlightenment, Raeburn was particularly gifted at naturalistic depictions of children." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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